Having said this all those best of Brahmanas vanished, O king. They were eight in number, resembling one another in appearance, and shone brightly, having no material bodies.
इत्युक्त्वाऽतर्हिता राजन् सर्व एव द्विजोत्तमाः। अष्टौ सदृशरूपास्ते सर्वे भासुरमूर्तयः॥