sarpaḥ uvāca - the serpent said; aham - I; vidyādharaḥ - a Vidyādhara; kaścit - certain; sudarśanaḥ - Sudarśana; iti - thus; śrutaḥ - well known; śriyā - with opulence; svarūpa - of my personal form; sampattyā - with the asset; vimānena - in my airplane; ācaran - wandering; diśaḥ - the directions; ṛṣīn - sages; virūpa - deformed; āṅgirasaḥ - of the disciplic succession of Āṅgirā Muni; prāhasam - I ridiculed; rūpa - because of beauty; darpitaḥ - overly conceited; taiḥ - by them; imām - this; prāpitaḥ - made to assume; yonim - the birth; pralabdhaiḥ - who were laughed at; svena - because of my own; pāpmanā - sinful action.

The serpent replied: I am the well-known Vidyādhara named Sudarśana. I was very opulent and beautiful, and I used to wander freely in all directions in my airplane. Once I saw some homely sages of the lineage of Aṅgirā Muni. Proud of my beauty, I ridiculed them, and because of my sin they made me assume this lowly form.