Having been welcomed with due respect by those holy Rishis, Sauti, with joined hands, asked them all how their depute penances were progressing.
अभिवाद्य मुनींस्तांस्तु सर्वानेव कृताञ्जलिः। अपृच्छत् स तपोवृद्धिं सद्भिश्चैवाभिपूजितः॥