He prayed to the glorious and powerful Indra who was pleased with him and freed him from a curse. Remaining on the northern side of the sky, he sheds his lustre from a position in the midst of the seven twiceborn Rishis, and Dhruva the son of Uttanpada.
वाग्भिश्च भगवान् येन देवसेनाग्रगः प्रभुः। स्तुतः प्रीतमनाश्चासीच्छापाञ्चैनममुञ्चत॥ ध्रुवस्यौत्तानपादस्य ब्रह्मर्षीणां तथैव च। मध्यं ज्वलति यो नित्यमुदीचीमाश्रितो दिशम्॥