Thus requested by the Rishi for boons, the king addressed him, saying, Let me have a thousand arms when I am in the midst of my elders. While, however, I remain at home let me have, as usual, only two arms.
स वरैश्छन्दितस्तेन नृपो वचनमब्रवीत्। सहस्रबाहुर्भूयां वै चमुमध्ये गृहेऽन्यथा॥