O ruler of earth, he asked the Brahmanas who were intelligent, able and fit how rain might be poured by the lord of the celestials.
स ब्राह्मणान् पर्यपृच्छत् तपोयुक्तान् मनीषिणः। प्रवर्षणे सुरेन्द्रस्य समर्थान् पृथिवीपते॥