Once when the clouds ceased to pour, Vashishtha, resembling Brahman himself, kept alive all creatures like Prajapati (by his power and kindness).
अवर्षति च पर्जन्ये सर्वभूतानि भूतकृत्। वसिष्ठो जीवयामास प्रजापतिरिव प्रजाः॥