After the Šrāddha ceremony had been over, finding that Bātāpi desirous of assuming the shape of a Rākṣasa the great saint Agastya said smiling.
समुत्थाने च तदूपं कर्तुकामं समीक्ष्य तम्। उत्स्मयित्वा तु भगवान् वातापिमिदमब्रवीत्॥