Gautami replied By killing this serpent, my son, O fowler, will not regain his life, nor do I see that any other end will be attained by its death: therefore, do you, O fowler, set this living serpent free.
गौतम्युवाच नास्मिन् हते पन्नगे पुत्रको मे सम्प्राप्स्यते लुब्धक जीवितं वै। गुणं चान्यं नास्य वधे प्रपश्ये तस्मात् सर्प लुब्धक मुञ्च जीवम्॥