Sauti said : Having heard (of the hugeness of his body) and seeing it himself, he began to diminish his body.
सौतिरुवाच स श्रुत्वाऽथात्मनो देहं सुपर्णः प्रेक्ष्य च स्वयम्। शरीरप्रतिसंहारमात्मनः संप्रचक्रमे॥