Yavakrit said : O king of the celestials, if you will not do what I desire, I shall, then, by observing stricter vows, practise still more severe austerities.
यवक्रीत उवाच न चैतदेवं क्रियते देवराज ममेप्सितम्। महता नियमेनाहं तप्स्ये घोरतरं तपः॥