सीमन्तम इव कुर्वाणं नभसः पद्मवर्चसम तक्षकं पन्नगश्रेष्ठं भृशं शॊकपरायणाः ॥ १-४०-३ ॥
'The king of snakes, that wonderful serpent, coursing through the blue sky like a streak of the hue of the lotus, and looking very much like the vermilion-coloured line on a woman's crown dividing the dark masses of her hair in the middle.' ॥ 1-40-3 ॥
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