O Brāhmaṇa, for many long years I have been living upon this corpse still I have not done with it. O Saint, I, too, derive satisfaction from it; I now understand that you are the illustrious Agastya born of a Kumbha; for none else is capable of coming here; do you therefore save me from this pain, who am afflicted with great miseries.
बहून्वर्षगणान्ब्रह्मन्भुज्यमानमिदं मया। क्षयं नाभ्येति ब्रह्मर्षे तृप्तिश्चापि ममोत्तमा।।२१ तस्य मे कृच्छ्रभूतस्य कृच्छादस्माद्विमोक्षय। अन्येषां न गतिहत्र कुम्भयोनिमृते द्विजम्॥