Having said these words, the king, sorely afflicted with grief, O monarch, touched water, and exclaimed in sorrow, Let all creatures, mobile and immobile, listen to me! Do you also listen to me, O mother! I say the truth, O best of all daughters of the snakes.
इत्युक्त्वा स ततो राजा दुःखशोकसमाहतः। उपस्पृश्य महाराज दुःखाद् वचनमब्रवीत्॥ शृण्वन्तु सर्वभूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च। त्वं च मातर्यथ सत्यं ब्रवीमि भुजगोत्तमे॥