1 tataḥ paramahaṁ sāgarīyasikatāyāṁ tiṣṭhan sāgarād udgacchantam ekaṁ paśuṁ dṛṣṭavān tasya daśa śṛṅgāṇi sapta śirāṁsi ca daśa śṛṅgeṣu daśa kirīṭāni śiraḥsu ceśvaranindāsūcakāni nāmāni vidyante|
4 yaśca nāgastasmai paśave sāmarthyaṁ dattavān sarvve taṁ prāṇaman paśumapi praṇamanto 'kathayan, ko vidyate paśostulyastena ko yoddhumarhati|
16 aparaṁ kṣudramahaddhanidaridramuktadāsān sarvvān dakṣiṇakare bhāle vā kalaṅkaṁ grāhayati|
17 tasmād ye taṁ kalaṅkamarthataḥ paśo rnāma tasya nāmnaḥ saṁkhyāṅkaṁ vā dhārayanti tān vinā pareṇa kenāpi krayavikraye karttuṁ na śakyete|
18 atra jñānena prakāśitavyaṁ| yo buddhiviśiṣṭaḥ sa paśoḥ saṁkhyāṁ gaṇayatu yataḥ sā mānavasya saṁkhyā bhavati| sā ca saṁkhyā ṣaṭṣaṣṭyadhikaṣaṭśatāni|