O best of men, we shall, therefore, reduce our bodies with the austerest of penances! Tell me, O grand-father, what mode of life I should follow.
शरीराणि विमोक्ष्यामस्तपसोग्रेण सत्तम। आश्रमाणां विशेषं त्वमथाचक्ष्व पितामह॥