Begged by them for his bones, that best of Rishis, O best of Kuru's race, unhesitatingly gave up his life. Having done what was agreeable to the celestials, the sage attained to the eternally blissful region.
स च तैर्याचितोऽस्थीनि यत्नादृषिवरस्तदा॥ प्राणत्यागं कुरुश्रेष्ठ चकारैवाविचारयन्। स लोकानक्षयान् प्राप्तो देवप्रियकरस्तदा॥