His practices were pious, his speeches pure. He was contented and had no avarice; he had not the least meanness, nor had he any avarice. He was old and observant of the vow of silence. And he was the refuge of all creatures. Such was the Rishi whom your father insulted. The son of that Rishi, however, cursed your father in anger.
शुभाचारं शुभकथं सुस्थितं तमलोलुपम्। अक्षुद्रमनसूयं च वृद्धं मौनव्रते स्थितम्। शरण्यं सर्वभूतानां पित्रा विनिकृतं तव॥ शशापाथ महातेजाः पितरं ते रुषान्वितः।