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Tales from Indian Mythology
"I do not care for your threat. But I do appreciate your solicitude for Nahusha who was a veritable god among men, and I realize I was too harsh and hasty in condemning him to live on earth like a serpent. But I can soften my curse. He may be crawling in the wilderness, but he shall continue to use his intellect. And he shall resume his original human form, when he meets some one capable of satisfying him on problems of man's Dharma."
Nahusha's questions, however, remained unanswered for thousands of years.
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