हरि: Visnu, प्रीत: is pleased, धूतकल्मषम् with sins removed, तं काश्यपम् addressing that Kashyapa, उवाच said, वरम् boon, वरय ask for, ते भद्रम् may you prosper, वरार्ह: worthy of receiving boon, मम for me, मत: असि dear to me.

Addressing Kasyapa whose sins had been washed clean, Lord Visnu pleased (with his penance) said: "Be prosperous you are dear to me. Worthy of a boon. Ask."