Indra said: "O best of birds, I desire to know the limit of your strength, I also desire to form an eternal friendship with you.
शक्र उवाच बलं विज्ञातुमिच्छामि यत्ते परमनुत्तमम्। सख्यं चानन्तमिच्छामि त्वया सह खगोत्तम॥