Large numbers of Valikhilyas and inany who observed the vow of Sanyasa also, used to live there. On account of all this, the hermitage resounded with the recitation of the Vedas and the sacred Mantras uttered by its dwellers.
तपोध्ययनघोषैश्च नादितं भरतर्षभ। वालखिल्यैश्च बहुभिर्यतिभिश्च निषेवितम्॥