Those kings, always observant of the injunctions of the scriptures enforced by examples, waited in days of yore, upon Narayana, after having compared their acts with the duties of each of the modes of life.
सर्वभूतेश्वरं देवं प्रभुं नारायणं पुरा। जग्मुः सुबहुशः शूरा राजानो दण्डनीतये॥ एकैकमात्मनः कर्म तुलयित्वाऽऽश्रमं पुरा। राजानः पर्युपासन्त दृष्टान्तवचने स्थिताः॥