"O Death, what for are you under-going all these severe ascetic penances?" Thereat Death once more addressed the illustrious divinity, the Grandsire, sayingनाहं हन्यां प्रजा देव स्वस्थाश्चाक्रोशतीस्तथा।
मृत्यो किमिदमत्यन्तं तपांसि चरसीति ह। ततोऽब्रवीत् पुनर्मूतवुर्भगवन्तं पितामहम्॥