sarpah uvaca -- the serpent said; aham -- I; vidyadharah -- a Vidyadhara; kascit -- certain; sudarsanah -- Sudarsana; iti -- thus; srutah -- well known; sriya -- with opulence; svarupa -- of my personal form; sampattya -- with the asset; vimanena -- in my airplane; acaran -- wandering; disah -- the directions; rishin -- sages; virupa -- deformed; angirasah -- of the disciplic succession of Angira Muni; prahasam -- I ridiculed; rupa -- because of beauty; darpitah -- overly conceited; taih -- by them; imam -- this; prapitah -- made to assume; yonim -- the birth; pralabdhaih -- who were laughed at; svena -- because of my own; papmana -- sinful action.

The serpent replied: I am the well-known Vidyadhara named Sudarsana. 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 Angira Muni. Proud of my beauty, I ridiculed them, and because of my sin they made me assume this lowly form.