In the evening and in the morning the exalted carrier of libation (fire) was seen and flies bit men, thus obstructing the practice of austerities.
सायं प्रातश्च भगवान् दृश्यते हव्यवाहनः। मक्षिकाश्चादशंस्तत्र तपसः प्रतिघातिकाः॥