प्रजापतिं सुराः सर्वे वाक्यं प्राञ्जलयोऽब्रुवन्। न तावत्कुम्भकर्णाय प्रदातव्यो वरस्त्वया॥ जानीषे हि यथा लोकांस्त्रासयत्येष दुर्मतिः।
prajāpatiṃ surāḥ sarve vākyaṃ prāñjalayo'bruvan| na tāvatkumbhakarṇāya pradātavyo varastvayā|| jānīṣe hi yathā lokāṃstrāsayatyeṣa durmatiḥ|
English Meaning
Thereat the celestials in a body represented to the lord of creatures with joined hands. 'On Kumbhakarņa you should confer no boons, since you know in what manner does this wickedminded one frighten people.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)