Lomasha said: Having seen Ashtavakra speaking and Suta's son sitting silent and pensive and with head down-cast, all men raised up great uproar in the assembly. When the tumult thus rose in the king Janaka's great sacrifice, the Brahmanas i became very much pleased and with joined hands they came to Ashtavakra and paid him homage.
स्तूष्णीभूतं सूतपुत्रं निशम्या मष्टावक्रं चाप्युदीर्यन्तमेव॥ तस्मिंस्तथा संकुले वर्तमाने स्फीते यज्ञे जनकस्योत राज्ञः। विप्राः सर्वे प्राञ्जलयः प्रतीताः॥