Thus instructed by the Grandfather, the deities went to the Brahmanas and begged for their protection. The Brahmanas replied, enquiring, Whom shall we subjugate? Thus asked, the celestials said to them, Do you subjugate the Kapas.
ययुः शरणं विप्रानू चुस्ते कान् जयामहे। इत्युक्तास्ते द्विजान् प्राहुर्जयतेह कपानिति॥