The serpent said He who is guilty should be killed by me, You, O serpent, are guilty! Indeed you confess it. As all these, vis., the porter's wheel, rod, and other things, are not independent causes, so I am not an independent cause! Therefore, this is no fault of mine, you should admit it.
सर्प उवाच किल्विषी चापि मे वध्यः किल्बिषी चासि पन्नग। आत्मानं कारणं ह्यत्र त्वमाख्यासि भुजङ्गम॥ सर्व एते ह्यस्ववशा दण्डचक्रादयो यथा। तथाऽहमपि तस्मान्मे नैष दोषो मतस्तव॥