Duly answering the questions of the king, those Rishis having asceticism for wealth, asked that foremost of kings as to the cause of his coming to that retreat.
ते तस्य राज्ञो वचनं सम्प्रगृह्य तपोधनाः। ऋषयो राजशार्दूलं तमपृच्छन् प्रयोजनम्॥