Given to penances and the study of the Vedas, he was respected by all good men. He acquired riches by fair means and his conduct in all things tallied with the mode of life he led and the order to which he belonged.
तपःस्वाध्यायनिरतः सत्यः सज्जनसम्मतः। न्यायप्राप्तेन वित्तेन स्वेन शीलेन चान्वितः॥