ये ऽहीयन्तामुतः केशा अहयस्ते ऽङ्ग जज्ञिरे ।
सर्पाः प्रसर्पतः क्रूरा नागा भोगोरुकन्धराः ॥ ४८ ॥
ye-which; ahiyanta-dropped out; amutah-from that; kesah-hairs; ahayah-snakes; te-they; aṅga-O dear Vidura; jajnire-took birth as; sarpah-snakes; prasarpatah-from the crawling body; krurah-envious; nagah-cobras; bhoga-with hoods; uru-big; kandharah-whose necks.
O dear Vidura, the hair that dropped from that body transformed into snakes, and even while the body crawled along with his hands and feet contracted, there sprang from it ferocious serpents and Nagas with their hoods expanded.