I desire to practice asceticism protected by anchorites so that in the next world too I may not meet with such dire calamities. O foremost among ascetics, therefore am I desirous of practicing asceticism.
यथा परेऽपि मे लोके न स्यादेवं महात्ययः। दौर्भाग्यं तापसश्रेष्ठास्तस्मात् तप्स्याम्यहं तपः॥