Vashishtha said You are the foremost of the gods, O chief of the gods, O destroyer of Daityas and Asuras! The strength of the three worlds lies in you! Why, then, O Shakra, do you languish so!
वसिष्ठ उवाच देवश्रेष्ठोऽसि देवेन्द्र दैत्यासरुनिबर्हण। त्रैलोक्यबलसंयुक्तः कस्माच्छक विषीदसि॥