How can I adore him whose incarnate portion are being worshipped even by the king of celestials and whose real nature he is not conscious of? How can I approach him, whom the sages, having their minds withdrawn from external objects, worship in thought and enshrining whose image in their hearts present to it the flowers of sanctity? I am quite unable, O god of gods, to worship thee or sing thy glories—by thy mercy only, be thou propitiated with me. O Kesava, the serpents are by nature, crooked.

In plain words: Kaliya says Krishna is worshipped by the king of the gods, and by sages who picture him in their hearts during meditation. Kaliya cannot worship him properly, so he asks Krishna to be pleased with him out of mercy alone. He adds that serpents are crooked by nature.