The sleepless one of mighty strength (Indra) showers rain, resounding every corner and the cardinal points; and desiring kingship among the gods he practised the austerities of a Brahmacharya life, being sleepless.
अतन्द्रितो वर्षति भूरितेजाः संनादयन्नन्तरिक्षं दिशश्च। अतन्द्रितो ब्रह्मचर्यं चचार श्रेष्ठत्वमिच्छन् बलभिद् देवतानाम्॥