Vasishtha said : O child, the high-souled man set his heart on the destruction of all creatures. In order to pay homage to his massacred ancestors, the descendant of the Bhrigu race engaged himself in the severest penances with the object of destroying the whole creation.
वसिष्ठ उवाच स चक्रे तात लोकानां विनाशाय महामनाः। सर्वेषामेव कात्स्न्येन मनः प्रवणमात्मनः॥ इच्छन्नपचितिं कर्तुं भृगूणां भृगुनन्दनः। सर्वलोकविनाशाय तपसा महतैधितः॥