There was a twice-born preceptor who was the foremost of Rishis. He looked like a mass of effulgence. Endued with a high soul, he was firm in truth and a complete master of his senses.
कश्चिद् ब्राह्मणमासीनमाचार्यमृषिसत्तमम्। तेजोराशिं महात्मानं सत्यसंधं जितेन्द्रियम्॥