Vasudeva (Krishna) asked that his friendship with Arjuna might last forever. The chief of the celestial (Indra) granted to the intelligent Krishna the boon he asked.
वासुदेवोऽपि जग्राह प्रीतिं पार्थेन शाश्वतीम्। ददौ सुरपतिश्चैव वरं कृष्णाय धीमते॥