Indeed, both of them passed the night happily, conversing cheerfully with each other on the subject of the duties of the fourth mode of life, viz., Sannyasa. So engrossing was their conversation that the night passed away as if it were day.
चतुर्थधर्मसंयुक्तं तयोः कथयतोस्तदा। व्यतीता सा निशा कृत्स्ना सुखेन दिवसोपमा॥