पितरि भ्रंशिते स्थानाद् इन्द्राण्या धर्षणाद्द्विजैः ।
प्रापिते ऽजगरत्वं वै ययातिरभवन्नृपः ॥ ३ ॥
indranya dharsanad dvijaih
pitari-when his father; bhramsite-was caused to fall down; sthanat-from the heavenly planets; indranyah-of Saci, the wife of Indra; dharsanat-from offending; dvijaih-by them (upon her lodging a complaint with the brahmanas); prapite-being degraded to; ajagaratvam-the life of a snake; vai-indeed; yayatih-the son named Yayati; abhavat-became; nrpah-the king.
Because Nahusa, the father of Yayati, molested Indra's wife, Saci, who then complained to Agastya and other brahmanas, these saintly brahmanas cursed Nahusa to fall from the heavenly planets and be degraded to the status of a python. Consequently, Yayati became the king.