We hear, O Srinjaya, that Sankriti's son Rantideva also met with death. Having practised the severest of penances and worshipped him with great reverence, he obtained these boons from Shakra, having solicited them, saying,-Let us have profuse good and innumerable guests! Let not my faith suffer any deterioration, and let us not have to beg anything of any person!
रन्तिदेवं च सांकृत्यं मृतं संजय शुश्रुम। सम्यगाराध्य यः शक्राद् वरं लेभे महातपाः॥ अन्नं च नो बहु भवेदतिथींच लभेमहि। श्रद्धा च नो मा व्यगमन्मा च याचिष्म कंचन॥