Uttanka, being thus told, replied to the queen, "Madam, you need not be under any apprehension. Takshaka, the king of the Nagas, cannot overcome me."
स एवमुक्तस्तां क्षत्रियां प्रत्युवाच भगवति सुनिवृता भव। न मां शक्तस्तक्षको नागराजो घर्षयितुमिति॥