The Brahmana said On account of these solicitations of you all, I may be considered to have broken my fast. Eight days remain when the king of the Nagas will return.
ब्राह्मण उवाच उपदेशेन युष्माकमाहारोऽयं कृतो मया। द्विरूनं दशरात्रं वै नागस्यागमनं प्रति॥