The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 12.349.15

12.349.15

prakāśitastvaṃ svaguṇairyaśogarbhagabhastibhiḥ |
śaśāṅkakarasaṃsparśairhṛdyairātmaprakāśitaiḥ || 15 ||

"The Brahmana said, 'O highly blessed Naga, I have come hither, moved by the desire of obtaining a sight of thee. I have come here, ignorant as I am with all things, for asking thee about something, O Naga, relying on the Jiva-soul, I desire to attain to the Supreme Soul which is the end of the Jiva-soul. I am neither attached to, nor dissociated from, the world. Thou shinest with the effulgence of thy own merits covered by pure fame,--with an effulgence that is as agreeable as that of the moon. O thou that livest on air alone, do thou first answer a question that I wish to put to thee. Afterwards I shall inform thee of the object that has brought me hither!'"