O Brahmana, he freed himself from their debts by rigid austerities, by various vows and the study of the Vedas. He propitiated the celestials by sacrifices in which various presents were made.
व्रतैश्च विविधैर्ब्रह्मन्स्वाध्यायैश्चानृणोऽभवत्। देवांश्च तर्पयामास यज्ञैर्विविधदक्षिणैः। :॥