Jaigishavya said.. O foremost of Rishis, I shall tell you of what is the highest end, that which is the supreme goal, that which is tranquility, as regarded by all pious persons.
जैगीषव्य उवाच या गतिर्या परा काष्ठा या शान्तिः पुण्यकर्मणाम्। तां तेऽहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि महतीमृषिसत्तम॥