He was an Athiratha in the Ikşvāku line, performing sacrifices, engaged in the performance of duties, self-controlled like a Maharși, a royal saint famed in the three worlds.
इक्ष्वाकूणामतिरथो यज्वा धर्मपरो वशी। महर्षिकल्पो राजर्षिस्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतः॥