Mahabharata 1.2.77
नागानामथ सर्पाणां गन्धर्वाणां पतत्रिणाम्अन्येषां चैव भूतानां विविधानां समुद्भवः
nāgānāmatha sarpāṇāṃ gandharvāṇāṃ patatriṇāmanyeṣāṃ caiva bhūtānāṃ vividhānāṃ samudbhavaḥ
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