Suta said: "Then the serpent Jaratkaru, calling her son, by the word of Vasuki, king of the nagas, spoke thus: 'I, O son, was given to your father by [my] brother for a purpose; that hour has come — do now what must be done.' Astika said: 'For what purpose were you given to my father by my uncle? Tell me that truly; hearing it, I shall do accordingly.' Suta said: 'Then she, who wished well to her kin, the sister of the king of the nagas, Jaratkaru, unflinching, told him: "The mother of all serpents without exception is Kadru — so runs the tradition; angered, she cursed her sons — learn for what. 'You did not make the horse-king Uccaihsravas a lie in the wager staked for Vinata's sake, for the sake of her bondage, O little sons; for that, at the sacrifice of Janamejaya, Agni, borne by the wind, will burn you; there, meeting your end, you will depart to the world of the dead.' And that curse-uttering [Kadru] the Grandfather of the world himself, with the words 'so be it,' approved and consented to [her] word."'"