“We have heard that both the high-souled Baka and Dalbha were immortal; and these (two) Rishis, held in universal reverence, were the friends of the lord of the celestial (Indra).
श्रूयते हि महाभाग बाको दाल्भ्यो महातपाः। प्रियः सखा च शक्रस्य चिरजीवी च सत्तम॥