About 23naga
Vāsuki replied that If your issue was so urgent he had no objection for remaining carried to that area. He took the middle Section of Vāsuki in his beak and flew up greater and better and attained beyond the horizon. However the reduced 50 % of Vāsuki was lying on the ground. So he took Vāsuki in his beak as folded in two. Still the result was