Desirous of understanding the meaning of the Shrutis, my preceptor, that sea of penances, who is greatly devoted to the observance of all scriptural duties and the acquisition of knowledge, lived for sometime in a particular region of the Himavat mountains.
वैशम्पायन उवाच वेदार्थान् वेत्तुकामस्य धर्मिष्ठस्य तपोनिधेः। गुरोर्मे ज्ञाननिष्ठस्य हिमवत्पाद आसतः॥