Shiva Purana
ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ पशौ देवि मृगाः क्रूराः क्व च ते ऽनुग्रहः शुभः ॥ आशीविषमुखे साक्षादमृतं किं निषिच्यते ॥ ७ ॥
Brahmā said:— O Goddess, animals are cruel. How can your blissful thought be directed to these? Why do you sprinkle nectar in the mouth of the serpent?
english translation
brahmovAca ॥ pazau devi mRgAH krUrAH kva ca te 'nugrahaH zubhaH ॥ AzIviSamukhe sAkSAdamRtaM kiM niSicyate ॥ 7 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript