Thus addressed by the deities in a body, he said, Alas! I have, however, decided on the means of destroying that wicked-souled one. He had asked, 'May I be incapable of being slain by Gandharvas, and Yaksas, and gods, and Raksasas!,-whereat I said, 'Be it so!'
एवमुक्तः सुरैः सर्वैश्चिन्तयित्वा ततोऽब्रवीत्। हन्तायं विदितस्तस्य वधोपायो दुरात्मनः॥ तेन गन्धर्वयक्षाणां देवतानां च रक्षसाम्। अवध्योऽस्मीति वागुक्ता तथेत्युक्तं च तन्मया॥