The king of the celestials, viz., Indra, appeared to him thus practising penances and said Why, O Matanga, do you pass your time in such grief, abstaining from all sorts of human enjoyments.
तं तथा तपसा युक्तमुवाच हरिवाहनः। मतङ्ग तप्स्यसे किं त्वं भोगानुत्सृज्य मानुषान्॥