I hope the ascetic merits of the ascetics of this place are on the increase; I hope your father (his spirit) has not become less effulgent. O Brahmana, I hope he is pleased with you. O Rishyashringa, I hope you prosecute the studies which are proper to you.
कच्चित् तपो वर्धते तापसानां पिता च ते कच्चिदहीनतेजाः। कच्चित् त्वया प्रीयते चैव विप्र कच्चित् स्वाध्यायः क्रियते चर्घ्यशृङ्ग॥