Bandi said: I am the son of the king Varuna. I have therefore no fear to be drowned. Even at this very moment Ashtavakra would see his longlost father Kahoda.
बन्धुवाच अहं पुत्रो वरुणस्योत राज्ञो न मे भयं विद्यते मज्जितस्य। मष्टावक्रश्चिरनष्टं कहोडम्॥