Vaishampayana said : The great Rishi (Shukra), the son of Kavi, being much afflicted by Devayani's words, cried in anger, "The Asuras certainly want to injure me, for they killed my disciple living with ime.
वैशम्पायन उवाच स पीडितो देवयान्या महर्षिः समाह्वयत् संरम्भाचैव काव्यः। असंशयं मामसुरा द्विषन्ति ये मे शिष्यानागतान् सूदयन्ति॥