Yudhishthira said : O Lomasha, tell me all about the power of this Brahmana who had thus defeated Bandi. Why was he born as Ashtavakra (crooked in cight parts of his body)?
युधिष्ठिर उवाच स्तथाभूतं यो निजग्राह बन्दिम्। अष्टावक्र: केन चासौ बभूव तत् सर्वं मे लोमश शंस तत्त्वम्॥