Thus thought the great Rishi Asita. Duly performing his ablutions there and purifying himself thereby, he then began to silently recite the sacred mantras.
इत्येव चिन्तयामास महर्षिरसितस्तदा॥ स्नात्वा समुद्रे विधिवच्छुचिर्जप्यं जजाप सः।