The two Danavas Madhu and Kaitabha, not finding the person from whom those sounds came, speedily returned there. They cast their eyes around but saw that the spot on which they had thrown the Vedas was vacant.
अथ किंचिदपश्यन्तौ दानवौ मधुकैटभौ। पुनराजग्मतुस्तत्र वेगितौ पश्यतां च तौ॥ यत्र वेदा विनिक्षिप्तास्तत् स्थानं शून्यमेव च।