Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 28
Sanskrit:
सूत उवाचइत्युक्त: स तथेत्याह महर्षेर्मानयन् वच: ।सर्पसत्रादुपरत: पूजयामास वाक्पतिम् ॥ २८ ॥
ITRANS:
sūta uvācaity uktaḥ sa tathety āhamaharṣer mānayan vacaḥsarpa-satrād uparataḥpūjayām āsa vāk-patim
Translation:
Sūta Gosvāmī continued: Advised in this manner, Mahārāja Janamejaya replied, “So be it.” Honoring the words of the great sage, he desisted from performing the snake sacrifice and worshiped Bṛhaspati, the most eloquent of sages.