By his ascetic prowess he made Asava (Indra) to pour rains and from whose fear the destroyer of Bala and Vitra poured down rains during a draught.
तपसो यः प्रभावेण वर्षयामास वासवम्। अनावृष्ट्यां भयाद् यस्य ववर्ष बलवृत्रहा॥