The royal sage Kushika thereupon stood there in the same posture for the whole night, with his wife by his side, and without speaking a word. Gifted with great prosperity, he did not yield to wrath.
तथैव च स राजर्षिस्तथौ तां रजनीं तदा। सभार्यो वाग्यत: श्रीमान् न च कोपं समाविशत्।।२४