Gradually, in course of time, O son, decrepitude overtook Utanka, that great ascetic. The ascetic, however, on account of his devotion to his prcccptor, was not conscious of it.
नं क्रमेण जरा तात प्रतिपेदे महामुनिम्॥ न चान्वबुध्यत तदा स मुनिर्गुरुवत्सलः।