in the third stage, there is moisture at the site of the bite, exudation from the nose, eyes and mouth; in the fourth stage, there is feeling of heaviness of the head and stiffness of the neck; in the fifth stage,
गात्रभङ्गो ज्वरः शीतः शेषयोः पूर्ववद्वदेत् । कुर्यात्पञ्चसु वेगेषु चिकित्सां न ततः परम् ॥ २७ ॥
distortions of the body, fever and cold; in the remaining (sixth and seventh stages) features are said to be same as of the earlier (Darvikara). Treatment should be done in the first five stagesbut not in the next (since these are incurable).
जलाप्लुता रतिक्षीणा भीता नकुलनिर्जिताः । शीतवातातपव्याधिक्षुत्तृष्णाश्रमपीडिताः ॥ २८ ॥
Snakes which are drenched in water, debilitated by mating, frightened, vanquished by mongoose, suffering from cold breeze, sunlight, diseases, hunger, thirst and exertion,
तूर्णं देशान्तरायाता विमुक्तविषकञ्चुकाः । कुशौषधिकण्टकवद्ये चरन्ति च काननम् ॥ २९ ॥
just arrived from a foreign land, cast off its poison and peel (skin), move in forests full of Kusa - Desmostachya bipinnata, medicinal plants and thorny plants,
देशं च दिव्याध्युषितं सर्पास्तेऽल्पविषा मताः । श्मशानचितिचैत्यादौ पञ्चमीपक्षसन्धिषु ॥ ३० ॥
which dwell in places where gods reside – these snakes are known to possess very little (quantity) of poison. Bite happening at the burial ground, place of fire sacrifice, sacred tree etc., on the fifth day, full moon and new moon days,