The king of the celestials thus spoke to him, “O intelligent youth, know this universe to be under my sway." Seeing that the person take no notice of what he had said, he (Indra) again said, “I am the lord of the universe."
तमब्रवीद् देवराजो ममेदं त्वं विद्धि विद्वन् भुवनं वशे स्थितम्। ईशोऽहमस्मीति समन्युरब्रवीद् दृष्ट्वा तमक्षैः सुभृशं प्रमत्तम्॥