You should, therefore, pardon me. Seeing the transformed king prostrate himself thus to him, Indra became pleased with him and wished to give him a boon.
इन्द्रं दृष्ट्वा तु राजर्षिः पादयोः शिरसा गतः। प्रसीद त्रिदशश्रेष्ठ पुत्रकामेन स क्रतुः॥