SB 10.16.58
vayam ca tatra bhagavan
sarpa jaty-uru-manyavah
katham tyajamas tvan-mayam
dustyajam mohitah svayam
Translation:
O Supreme Personality of Godhead, among all the species within Your material creation, we serpents are by nature always enraged. Being thus deluded by Your illusory energy, which is very difficult to give up, how can we possibly give it up on our own?
Purport:
Kaliya is here indirectly begging for the Lord’s mercy, realizing that on his own he can never become free from illusion and suffering. Only by surrendering to the Lord and obtaining His mercy can one be released from the painful conditions of material life.