Having said this, that foremost of men of subdued soul suddenly gave up his life. Thereupon the celestials took the bones of the dead Rishi, as they had been directed.
स एवमुक्त्वा द्विपदां वरिष्ठः प्राणान् वशी स्वान् सहसोत्ससर्ज। ततः सुरास्ते जगृहुः परासोरस्थीनि तस्याथ यथोपदेशम्॥