Kala said Neither Mrityu, nor this serpent, nor I, O fowler, am guilty of the death of any creature. We are merely the immediate causes of the event. O Arjunaka, the Karma of this child was the exciting cause of our action in this matter.
काल उवाच न ह्यहं नाप्ययं मृत्यु यं लुब्धक पन्नगः। किल्बिषी जन्तुमरणे न वयं हि प्रयोजकाः॥