Numerous other ascetics at that times celebrated large sacrifices. As Agastya, however, was engaged in that sacrifice of his, the thousand-eyed Indra, O best of the Bharatas, ceased to pour rain (on the Earth. At the intervals, O king, of the sacrificial rites, this talk took place among those Rishis of purified souls about the great Agastya, viz., 'This Agastya, engaged in sacrifice, is making gifts of food with heart purged of pride and vanity.
एवं विधे त्वगर-त्यस्य क्रतवः कृताः। सहस्राक्षस्तदा वर्तमाने तथाध्वरे। न ववर्ष सहस्राक्षस्तदा भरतसत्तम॥ ततः कर्मान्तरे राजन्नगस्त्यस्य महात्मनः। कथेयमभिनिवृत्ता मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम्॥ नववर्ष अगस्त्यो यजमानोऽसौ ददात्यन्नं विमत्सरः।