Ashtavakra said: Eight are the bags that hold hundred-fold, eight is the number of the Sarava, which preys upon lions, eight are the Vasus among the celestials and eight are the angles of a Yupa (stake) in a sacrifice.
अष्टावक्र उवाच अष्टौ शाणाः शतमानं वहन्ति तथाष्टपादः शरभः सिंहघाती। अष्टौ वसूशुश्रुम देवतासु यूपश्चाष्टास्त्रिर्विहितः सर्वयज्ञे।॥