The vulture having said this, the owl began:"True, it is, o king, that is him are the portions of the Moon, Indra, the Sun, Kubera and Yama, but there is in him also a portion of man. But you are yourself the omnipresent deity, Narayana. You, impelled by your own self, do judge all creatures impartially; therefore, a portion of gentleness is well manifest in you and therefore do people call you, a portion of the Moon. O patriarch, in anger, punishment, gift with and fear, you are our giver, destroyer and protector,-it is for this that you are called Indra. in energy you are like fire irrepressible to all creatures, and because you do spread your lustre upon all creatures that you are called the Sun.
एवमुक्ते तु गृध्रेण उलूको वाक्यमब्रवीत्। सोमाच्छतक्रतोः सूर्याद्धनदाद्वा यमात्तथा॥ जायते वै नृपो राम किंचिद्भवति मानुषः। त्वं त सर्वमयो देवो नारायण इवापरः॥ याचते सौम्यता राजन्सम्यकप्रणिहिता विभो। समं चरसि चान्विष्य तेन सोमांशको भवान्॥ क्रोधे दण्डे प्रजानाथ दाने पापभयापहः। दाता हर्तासि गोप्तासि तेनेन्द्र इव नो भवान्॥ अधृष्यः सर्वभूतेषु तेजसा चानलोपमः। अभीक्ष्णं तपसे लोकांस्तेन भास्करसंनिमः॥