Yavakrit said : O worshipped of the celestials, I am engaged in the severe asceticism, because I desire to possess such knowledge of the Vedas as has never been acquired by any Brahmana.
यवक्रीत उवाच द्विजानामनधीत वै वेदाः सुरगणार्चित। प्रतिभान्त्विति तप्येऽहमिदं परमकं तपः॥