Devasena said: O mighty-armed deity, I am a Abala (weak woman), but my husband must be powerful. By my father's boon he will be adorable of the celestials and the Asura.
कन्योवाच अबलाहं महाबाहो पतिस्तु बलवान् मम। वरदानात् पितुर्भावी सुरासुरनमस्कृतः॥