When the accomplished speaker Sauti was thus questioned, he gave before that great assembly of contemplative Rishis a well and proper reply in words becoming their nature.
एवं पृष्टोऽब्रवीत् सम्यग् यथावल्लौमहर्षणिः। वाक्यं वचनसंपन्नस्तेषां च चरिताश्रयम्॥ तस्मिन् सदसि विस्तीर्णे मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम्।