And learning that their father had received a boon by virtue of his power proceeding from asceticism, the brothers, firmly resolved, went to Meru for practising penances.
वरप्राप्ति पितुस्ते तु ज्ञात्वैश्वर्यं तपोबलात्। तपस्तप्तुं गता मेरुं भ्रातरः कृतनिश्चयाः॥