Ashtaka said: O foremost man of the Krita Yuga, you having been able to assume any form at will, passed millions of years in the garden of Nandana. For what reason have you been compelled to leave that happy region and come here today?
अष्टक उवाच यदावसो नन्दने कामरूपी संवत्सराणामयुतं शतानाम्। किं कारणं कार्तयुगप्रधान हित्वा च त्वं वसुधामन्वपद्यः॥