Greatly disappointed, O king, the great ascetic practised very rigid penances. By his penances he afterwards acquired the mastery of the Vedas which is best of all forms of learning.
स निर्विणस्ततो राजंस्तपस्तेपे महातपाः। ततो वै तपसा तेन प्राप्य वेदाननुत्तमान्॥