Volume 4 - Prabhupada

PLATE EIGHT"The inhabitants of Vrndavana, under the leadership of NandaMaharaja, once wanted to go to the bank of the Sarasvati on a pilgrimage.Nanda Maharaja was fasting, and he lay down near the forest. At thattime a serpent, who was formerly cursed by Angirasa i, appeared. Thisserpent had formerly been named Sudarsana, and he had belonged to theGandharvaloka planet. However, because he joked with the ri, he wascondemned to take on the body of a big snake. When this serpent attackedNanda Maharaja, Nanda Maharaja began to call, 'Krr;a! Help!'Krr;a immediately appeared and began to kick the serpent with His lotusfeet. Due to being touched by the Lord's lotus feet, the serpent was immediatelyfreed from the reactions of his sinful life. Being freed, he againassumed his original form of Sudarsana, the Gandharva." (p.338)