The Grandfather of all the worlds then sent for the Apsaras and pleasing them with sweet words, O Bharata, said,-This foremost of ladies, viz., Brahmanicide, has come out of Indra's body. Begged by me, do you take a fourth part of her into your own body.
आहूयाप्सरसो देवस्ततो लोकपितामहः। वाचा मधुरया प्राह सान्त्वयन्निव भारत॥ इयमिन्द्रादनुप्राप्ता ब्रह्मवध्या वराङ्गनाः। चतुर्थमस्या भागांशं मयोक्ताः सम्प्रतीच्छत॥