Saluting him duly, the celestials made the usual polite enquiries. They then, O king, said these words to that highsouled one, We have been defeated by the Danavas in battle, and have, therefore, been deprived of affluence and prosperity. Do you, therefore, O foremost of ascetics, rescue us from this situation of great fear.
अभिवाद्य तु तं देवाः पृष्ट्वा कुशलमेव च। इदमूचूर्महात्मानं वाक्यं काले जनाधिप॥ दानवैर्युधि भग्न: स्म तथैश्वर्याच्च भ्रंशिताः। तदस्मान्नो भयात् तीव्रात् त्राहि त्वं मुनिपुङ्गव॥