Brahma repeatedly asked him to ask for boons. At last the Rakshasa prayed for the boon, O Bharata, of being freed from fear of every being in the universe.
वरेण च्छन्द्यमानश्च ब्रह्मणा च पुनः पुनः। अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यो वरयामास भारत॥