And from joy Indra spoke to the purpleplumed peacock, 'Pleased am I with you righteous one. No fear shall spring to you from serpents; and your plumage shall be furnished with an hundred eyes. And when I shall shower, you shall be filled with glee as a token of my satisfaction with you.' Thus did Indra chief of celestials, confer a boon on the peacock.
हर्षात्तदाब्रवीदिन्द्रो मयूरं नीलबर्हिणम्। प्रीतोऽस्मि तव धर्मज्ञ भुजंगाद्धिन ते भयम्॥ इदं नेत्रसहस्रं तु यत्तद्वर्हे भविष्यति। वर्षमाणे मयि मुदं प्राप्स्यसे प्रीतिलक्षणम्। एवमिन्द्रो वरं प्रादान्मयूरस्य सुरेश्वरः॥