Approaching, in days of yore, the celestial preceptor Brihaspati, the gods and Asuras, O king, humbly enquired of him, saying,-You are cognisant, O great Rishi, of the fruits of virtue, as also the fruits of those other acts which lead to hell in the next world.
बृहस्पति देवगुरुं सुरासुराः सर्वे समेत्याभ्यनुयुज्य राजन्। धर्म्यं फलं वेत्थ फलं महर्षे तथैव तस्मिन्नरके पारलोक्ये॥