Of inconceivable soul, endued with great intelligence, and ever devoted to the religion of truth, Shankara saw that Ushanas within his stomach had become greater on account of those penances of his.
तत्संयोगेन वृद्धिं चाप्यपश्यत् स तु शंकरः। महामतिरचिन्त्यात्मा सत्यधर्मरतः सदा॥