O foremost of men, the Danavas acted in this way towards the ascetics in their ascetic retreats. Yet men could not discover them.
न चैनानन्वबुध्यन्त मनुजा मनुजोत्तम। एवं प्रवृत्तान् दैत्यांस्तांस्तापसेषु तपस्विषु॥