Bandi said: "One alone is Agni, kindled in many ways; one sun illumines all this. One hero, the king of the gods, the destroyer; and Yama, lord of the ancestors, is likewise one." Ashtavakra said: "Two, Indra and Agni, walk together as friends; two divine seers -- Narada and Parvata. Two Ashvins, two wheels upon the chariot; two, wife and husband, established by the Creator." Bandi said: "Thrice this offspring is born through action; three yoked ones carry the vajapeya. The adhvaryus extend three savanas; three worlds and three luminaries are spoken of." Ashtavakra said: "The fourfold is the dwelling of the brahmins; four yoked ones bear this sacrifice. Four directions and four varnas; the cow is always called four-footed." Bandi said: "Five fires and the five-footed pankti; five sacrifices, and likewise five senses. In the Veda five wonders are seen, and in the world the holy Panchanada is renowned." Ashtavakra said: "In six foundations some name the dakshina; these six seasons are the wheel of time. Six senses, six Krittikas; six sadyaska rites are seen in all the Vedas." Bandi said: "Seven domestic animals and seven wild; seven meters carry one sacrifice. Seven sages, seven honorings; and renowned is the seven-stringed vina." Ashtavakra said: "Eight shanas make up a shatamana; likewise the eight-legged sharabha slays the lion. We have heard of eight Vasus among the gods; the eight-cornered sacrificial post is set up in every sacrifice." Bandi said: "Nine samidhenis are named for the ancestors; likewise they speak of nine yogas of creation. The brihati is prescribed as nine-syllabled; nine continually enters into the count." Ashtavakra said: "Ten states of man are named in the world; a thousand, they say, is ten full hundreds. Ten months the pregnant carry; there are ten erakas, ten dashas, and Dasharnas." Bandi said: "Eleven are the animals of the ekadashin; eleven sacrificial posts there are here. Eleven are the transformations of living beings; eleven Rudras are named among the gods in heaven." Ashtavakra said: "The year is called twelve-monthed; the foot of the jagati has twelve syllables. The prakrita sacrifice is called twelve-day; here the learned speak of twelve Adityas." Bandi said: "The thirteenth tithi is called most dreadful; and the earth has thirteen continents." Lomasha said: "Having said only this, Bandi fell silent; Ashtavakra uttered the half-verse: 'Keshi wandered for thirteen days; and they speak of thirteen opening atichchhandas meters.' Then a great uproar arose, as the son of the suta fell silent, lowered his face, and sank into thought, while Ashtavakra continued speaking. In that vast assembly, at the great sacrifice of King Janaka, all the brahmins, honoring Ashtavakra, joyful, with joined palms, approached him."