Nagananda 5.11

5.11

vidyādhareṇa kenāpi karuṇāviṣṭacetasā /
mama saṃrakṣitāḥ prāṇā dattvātmānaṃ garutmatte //

Śankhachúda.
Hear it, then. I am a Nága, Śankhachúda by name. I was sent by Vásuki, as a meal for Garuda. But why waste time in words? Even as we talk, perhaps these tracks of drops of blood mingled with dust are disappearing. I will therefore tell it in a breath. By a certain Vidyádhara, whose mind was full of compassion, my life has been preserved. He has given himself up to Garuda.