The Asura bowed unto all those Rishis with his head and said to them-O you endowed with good qualities and you Gandharvas, what you all have said, I have listened to. O you stainless beings, hear now what I say. How can there be peace between us two-myself and Shakra? How can there be friendship between two gods who are both powerful?
उवाच तानृषीन् सर्वान् प्रणम्य शिरसाऽसुरः। सर्वे यूयं महाभागा गन्धर्वाश्चैव सर्वशः॥ यद् बूथ तच्छतं सर्वं ममापि शृणुतानघाः। संधिः कथं वै भविता मम शक्रस्य चोभयोः। तेजसोहि द्वयोर्देवाः सख्यं वै भविता कथम्॥