Just about this time a thousand Brahmanas, endued with great learning, with bodies purified by baths and adorned with sandalpaste and flowers, and clad in long robes of linen, came there.
ततः सहस्रं विप्राणां विदुषां समलंकृतम्। स्नातानामनुसम्प्राप्तं सुमहत् क्षौमवाससाम्॥