With the wealth obtained from Ilwala, Agastya was able to satisfy all of Lopamudra's conditions. As they came together on the special bed Lopamudra asked for a son endowed with great energy. Agastya put some options before her. He asked, "Would you like a thousand sons; or a hundred who are ten times as powerful as the first; or ten who are hundred times as powerful as the first; or one son who is a thousand times as powerful as the first?" Lopamudra opted for the last option. After Lopamudra conceived the sage went to the forest. Lopamudra bore the embryo for seven years and all this time the sage meditated. At the end of seven years a resplendent son was born. They named him Dridhasyu.
Now the ancestors of Agastya no longer had to hang upside down but obtained the regions of heaven they desired.
