 तत्र श्रृण्वन्सुखा वाच स्सूतमागधवन्दिनाम्।पूर्वां सध्यामुपासीनो जजाप यतमानसः।। 
 Then in the last watch of the night hearing the pleasant words of bards and panegyrists he attended to early morning rites and intoned Gayatri with a concentrated mind. 