That foremost of the Brahmanas had finished the study of the Vedas with the Angas and the Upanishadas. On a certain day, he was reciting the Vedas, seated on the root of a tree.
साङ्गोपनिषदो वेदानधीते द्विजसत्तमः। स वृक्षमूले कस्मिंश्चिद् वेदानुच्चारयन् स्थितः॥