That high-souled Daitya performed great asceticism for ten thousand years with the desire of getting possession of Indra's kingdom.
दशवर्षसहस्राणि तपस्तप्यन् महामनाः। ऐन्द्रं प्रार्थयते स्थानं तप:स्वाध्यायविक्रमात्॥