Hearing Indra's words, the celestials said to their chief having thousand eyes-'Stop the royal sage, O Shakra, by granting him a boon, if you can.
एतच्छ्रुत्वाब्रुवन् देवाः सहस्राक्षमिदं वचः। अस्माननिष्ट्वा क्रतुभिर्भागो नो न भविष्यति॥