Shloka 11
Adhyāya 283: Varṇa-vṛtti, Nyāya-ārjana, and the Decline-and-Restoration of Dharma (वर्णवृत्तिः न्यायार्जनं च)
विराजन्ते विमानस्था दीप्यमाना इवाग्नय: । जिन्हें निमन्त्रित करके बुलाया गया था, वे सब देवता अपनी पत्नियोंके साथ विमानपर बैठकर आते समय प्रज्वलित अग्निके समान प्रकाशित हो रहे थे ।। तान् दृष्टवा मत्युना5<विष्टो दधीचिर्वाक्यमब्रवीत्
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: virājante vimānasthā dīpyamānā ivāgnayaḥ | yān nimantritvā āhūtāḥ te sarve devāḥ sapatnīkāḥ vimāneṣu samāruhya āgacchantaḥ prajvalitāgnisadṛśāḥ prakāśamānā babhūvuḥ || tān dṛṣṭvā mṛtyunāviṣṭo dadhīcir vākyam abravīt |
Vaiśampāyana said: The gods—seated in their aerial chariots—shone forth like blazing fires. Those who had been invited and summoned came with their wives, mounted upon their vimānas, radiant as kindled flames. Seeing them, Dadhīci, seized by the shadow of death, spoke these words.
वैशम्पायन उवाच