Thus deprived of my prosperity I fell down from that conveyance. And in the course of my fall I found myself turned into a snake with my head downwards. (Then) I besought that Brahmana “Kindly free me from this curse.
ततस्तस्माद् विमानावयात् प्रच्युतश्च्युतलक्षणः। प्रपतन् बुबुधेऽऽत्मानं व्यालीभूतमधोमुखम्। अन्याचं तमहं विप्रं शापस्यान्तो भवेदिति॥