When the celestial messenger was thus talking, the Rishi told him, O celestial messenger, I desire that you should describe to methe attributes of those that live there. What is their asceticism and what is their purpose? What is the happiness in heaven and what are its defects?
तमेवंवादिनमृषिदेवदूतमुवाच हा इच्छामि भवता प्रोक्तान् गुणान् स्वर्गनिवासिनाम्॥ के गुणास्तत्र वसतां किं तपः कश्च निश्चयः। स्वर्गे तत्र सुखं किं च दोषो वा देवदूतक॥