Rushangu, O Bharata, was an old Brahmana always devoted to penances. Determined to renounce his body, he thought for a long while.
रुषगाह्मणो वृद्धस्तपोनित्यश्च भारत। देहन्यासे कृतमना विचिन्त्य बहुधा तदा॥