Uttanka replied to the preceptor, “The king of the Nagas, Takshaka, offered obstruction to the business I went and therefore I had to go to the land of the Nagas.
तमुत्तङ्क उपाध्यायं प्रत्युवाच भोस्तक्षकेण मे नागराजेन विघ्नः कृतोऽस्मिन्कर्मणि तेनाऽस्मि नागलोकं गतः॥