O Rishi, we have fallen from a holy region for want of offspring. Our great penances have not been destroyed, therefore, we have still one cord left (to hang from.)
लोकात्पुण्यादिह भ्रष्टाः संतानप्रक्षयान्मुने। प्रनष्टं नस्तपस्तीनं न हि नस्तन्तुरस्ति वै॥