Having seen the holy Rishis thus suspended, he said to himself, “These Rishis of great penances must not be killed.
ऋषयो ह्यत्र लम्बन्ते न हन्यामिति तानृषीन्। तपोरतान्लम्बमानान्ब्रह्मर्षीनभिवीक्ष्य सः॥