sadā siṣeve mṛgayāṃ vīṇāṃ ghoṣavatīṃ ca tām / dattāṃ vāsukinā pūrvaṃ naktaṃdinamavādayat //
He was continually engaged in the chase, and day and night he played on the melodious lute which Vāsuki[1] gave him long ago;