Having done this, that foremost of ascetics became filled with regret at the idea of having done a deed that had not been laid down in any of the scriptures. Indeed, filled with regret, he began to think of what he had done.
तत् कृत्वा स मुनिश्रेष्ठो धर्मसंकरमात्मनः। पश्चात्तापेन महता तप्यमानोऽभ्यचिन्तयत्॥