( Summary of Contents - Verse 10-12

While Asxmakrsna,1 the valiant king of unequalled splendour and the most excellent among sovereigns was ruling over the Earth righteously, the sages of well-disciplined souls performed a sacrifice of long duration in the holy land of Kuruksetra2 on the sacred bank of the river Drsadvati. 3 The sages were devoted to truth and holy rites. They were straightforward. Their sins had been quelled* They were quiescent, had full mental control and had conquered the sense-organs. They were within the precincts of the Naimisa4 forest and had been initiated in accordance with the sacred scriptures.