Burning with grief and shedding profuse tears, for repentance had come to hiin on account of the wholesome effects of that calmness of temper which is caused by a knowledge of the scriptures, he said:-
सोऽब्रवीद् भृशंसंतप्तो दुःखेनाश्रूणि वर्तयन्। श्रुतधैर्यप्रसादेन पश्चात्तापमुपागतः॥