O foremost of ascetics, I do not wish to see the destruction of all your penances! You have a large measure of blazing penances. You have passed your preceptors and seniors.
न च ते तपसो नाशमिच्छामि तपतां वर। तपस्ते सुमहद्दीप्तं गुरवश्चापि तोषिताः॥