The serpent said O fowler, as the priests officiating at a sacrifice do not gain the merit of the act by offering oblations of clarified butter to the fire, so should I be considered in this matter.
सर्प उवाच यथा हवींषि जुह्वाना मखे वै लुब्धकर्विजः। न फलं प्राप्नुवन्त्यत्र फलयोगे तथा ह्यहम्॥