Although the destroyer of Vala knew that parrot to be of a greatly virtuous character and meritorious in action, he still enquired of him about the reason of his love for the tree.
तमेवं शुभकर्माणं शुकं परमधार्मिकम्। विजानन्नपि तां प्रीतिं पप्रच्छ बलसूदनः॥