O great king, the Brahmanas, possessing ascetic merits and versed in the science of ortheopy and orthography, followed him, as the Rishis follow the king of the celestials (Indra).
तमन्वयुर्महाराज शिक्षाक्षरविशारदाः। ब्राह्मणास्तपसा युक्ता देवेन्द्रमृषयो यथा॥