Addressing the Rishi who was very angry at the disappearance of his lotus stalks, Indra thus declared what was passing in his mind. Hear, O king, the words Indra spoke in the midst of those twiceborn and celestial Rishis and royal sages.
अथाब्रवीन्मघवा प्रत्ययं स्वं समाभाष्य तमृषि जातरोषम्। ब्रह्मर्षिर्देवर्षिनृपर्षिमध्ये यं तं निबोधेह ममाद्य राजन्॥