O Rishi, O holy man, you are the only thread in the line of your ancestors.” O Brahmana, the Virana root that you see and on which we hang,
कुलतन्तुर्हि नः शिष्टस्त्वमेवैकस्तपोधन। यस्त्वं पश्यसि नो ब्रह्मवीरणस्तम्बमाश्रितान्॥