Was brought down on earth in order to fill the ocean, how for a particular object the ocean was drunk up by the high-souled one (Agastya) and now, O great king, O lord, Vatapi, the destroyer of Brahmanas, was destroyed by Agastya, all that you asked me (to narrate).
पूरणार्थं समुद्रस्य पृथिवीमवतारिता। समुद्रश्च यथा पीतः कारणार्थं महात्मना।॥ वातापिश्च यथा नीतः क्षयं स ब्रह्महा प्रभो। अगस्त्येन महाराज यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि॥