Having said this, that tiger-like ascetic, Kusika's son, along with other anchorets having asceticism for their wealth, set out in a northerly direction.
इत्युक्त्वा मुनिशार्दूलः कौशिकः स तपोधनः। उत्तरां दिशमुद्दिश्य प्रस्थातुमुपचक्रमे॥