Sixty thousand ascetics became disciples of the great Rishi Sarasvat for the sake of learning again the Vedas from him.
षष्टिर्मुनिसहस्राणि शिष्यत्वं प्रतिपेदिरे॥ सारस्वतस्य विप्रर्वेदस्वाध्यायकारणात्।