All the children of the Rishis, O Bharata, entertained even this desire, viz., that their devotion to preceptors should be as great as that of Utanka.
सर्वेषामृषिपुत्राणामेष आसीन्मनीरथः। औत्तङ्की गुरुवृत्तिं वै प्राप्नुयामेति भारत॥