How could that Raksasa, surpassing his sire, conquer Sakra in mighty encounter, and how did he obtain the boon? O foremost of anchorets, do you today unfold all this to me, who ask (for the same).
कथं पितुश्चाप्यधिको महाहवे शक्रस्य जेता हि कथं स राक्षसः। वराश्च लब्धाः कथयस्व मेऽद्य पाप्रच्छतश्चास्य मुनीन्द्र सर्वम्॥