Then Vasiştha and Bharata questioned him as to his welfare, in relation to the body, the (sacrificial) fire, the trees, the beasts and the birds (of the hermitage).
वसिष्ठो भरतश्चैनं पप्रच्छतुरनामयम्। शरीरेऽग्निषु शिष्येषु वृक्षेषु मृगपक्षिषु॥