The fowler said By destroying Vritra, Indra got the best portion (of sacrificial offerings), and by destroying a sacrifice Mahadeva secured his share of sacrificial offerings: do you, therefore, kill this serpent forthwith without any misgivings whatsoever.
लुब्धक उवाच वृत्रं हत्वा देवराट् श्रेष्ठभाग वै यज्ञं हुत्वा भागमवाप चैव। शूली देवो देववृत्तं चर त्वं क्षिप्रं सर्प जहि मा भूत्ते विशङ्का॥