अग्निष्टेष्वग्निशालासु तथा ब्रह्मस्थलीषु च। सरीसृपाणि दृश्यन्ते हव्येषु च पिपीलिकाः॥
agniṣṭeṣvagniśālāsu tathā brahmasthalīṣu ca| sarīsṛpāṇi dṛśyante havyeṣu ca pipīlikāḥ||
English Meaning
Reptiles are discovered in kitchens, sacrificial fire-chambers, and the places of Vaidika recitations; and ants (are found) in clarified butter.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)