Then beholding his Yoga power Devala, reflected upon it with his rightcous understanding and approaching that great ascetic, O king, with humility, addressed the great Jaigishavya, saying-I desire, O adorable one, to acquire Moksha (Emancipation)!'
ततो बुद्ध्या व्यगणयद् देवलो धर्मयुक्त्या। दृष्ट्वा प्रभावं तपसो जैगीषव्यस्य योगजम्॥ ततोऽब्रवीन्महात्मानं जैगीषव्यं स देवलः। विनयावनतो राजन्नुपसर्प्य महामुनिम्॥ मोक्षधर्मं समास्थातुमिच्छेयं भगवन्नहम्।