Ashtaka said: O king, who does amongst the two, namely the ascetic and the man of knowledge, first attain to the communion with Brahma, although both exerting like the sun and the moon!
अष्टक उवाच कतरस्त्वनयोः पूर्वं देवानामेति सात्मताम्। उभयोर्धावतो राजन् सूर्याचन्द्रमसोरिव॥