The Rishis said All of us are hungry. We have nothing else to eat. With your permission we would collect some lotusstalks.
ऋषय ऊचुः सर्व एव क्षुधार्ताः स्म न चान्यत् किंचिदस्ति नः। भवत्याः सम्मते सर्वे गृह्णीयाम बिसान्युत॥