The land of the Nagas was at the point of being burnt down, when Takshaka, taking the ear-rings, hastened to Uttanka, from his palace and said,
ताभिर्नागलोक उपधूपितेऽथ संभ्रान्तस्तक्षको ऽग्नेस्तेजोभयाद्विषण्ण: कुण्डले गृहीत्वा सहसा भवनान्निष्क्रम्योत्तङ्कमुवाच॥