In virtue of this, that lord of earth could understand the import of sounds emitted by all beings, and it is in consequence of this that he could understand the speech even of birds and beasts.
सर्वभूतरुतं तस्मात् संजज्ञे वसुधाधिपः। तेन तिर्यग्गतानां च भूतानां विदितं वचः॥