O vow-observing man, having said this, he then went to the lord of rivers, the ocean, accompanied by the Rishis who had become successful in asceticism and by the celestials.
एवमुक्त्वा ततोऽगच्छत् समुद्रं सरितां पतिम्। ऋषिभिश्च तपःसिद्धैः सार्धं देवैश्च सुव्रत॥ समुद्रं भीमनिः