Sauti said: Ruru rushed in search of the Rishi, but he did not find him in all the forest. Finding him not, he sat down on the ground, much fatigued.
सौतिरुवाच रुस्श्चापि वनं सर्वं पर्यधावत्समन्ततः। तमृषि नष्टमन्विच्छन्संश्रान्तो न्यपत वि॥