Ayu

The serpent who has seized Bhima declares that he has been hungry for a long time — but before devouring his descendant, he tells the story of how he, the great king Nahusha, fell from Indra's throne and became a snake, cursed by a sage for his arrogance.

A serpent seizes Bhima and will not let him go. When Yudhishthira comes looking for his brother, the serpent speaks — and reveals that he is no ordinary creature, but the former king Nahusha, Yudhishthira's own ancestor, fallen from the lordship of the three worlds into this crawling form.

King Parikshit, enraged when his queen Sushobhana vanishes into a pond, orders the slaughter of all frogs. The terrified frogs appeal to their king, Ayu, who disguises himself as an ascetic and confronts Parikshit — revealing that Sushobhana is his own daughter, a deceiver of kings, and that he will return her if the slaughter stops.