Vaishampayana said: There was a king, named Pratipa, engaged in doing good to all creatures. He spent many years in ascetic penances, going to the source of (the river)Ganga.
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः प्रतीपो राजाऽऽसीत् सर्वभूतहितः सदा। निषसाद समा बह्वीर्गङ्गाद्वारगतो जपन्॥