On account of his excessive ascetic austerities, Shakra was possessed by fear. The sage could not be dissuaded (from the practices of his penances) by the offer of even various kinds of rewards.
तस्यातितपसः शक्रो विभेति सततं विभो। न स लोभयितुं शक्यः फलैर्बहुविधैरपि।॥