Vasishtha, the greatest of Brahmanas, saved all the creatures at a time of great drought when the Rain God did not bestow his grateful showers upon the Earth, and for this deed he has secured eternal bliss himself.
अवर्षति च पर्जन्ये सर्वभूतानि देवराट्। वसिष्ठो जीवयामास येन यातोऽक्षयां गतिम्॥