Except Agastya, who else is capable of drying up the ocean? Without drying up the ocean, they cannot be assailed by any other ineans.
अगस्त्येन विना को हि शक्तोऽन्योऽर्णवशोषणे। अन्यथा हि न शक्यास्ते विना सागरशोषणम्॥