Vaishampayana said : Thereupon Yayati fell from the region of the holy. And he was seen when thus falling by that royal sage, Ashtaka, the protector of religion. Seeing him he asked.
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः प्रहायामरराजजुष्टान् पुण्याँल्लोकान् पतमानं ययातिम्। मुवाच सद्धर्मविधानगोप्ता॥