He was affluent and had also the qualities of gentlemanliness. He was a liberal donor, a devotee of Śiva, a favourite of his followers and he engaged himself in the sacred rites of Śiva-cult.
A long period in his life thus passed when he continued his religious rites but no son was born to him. His wife’s menstrual periods were fruitless. She did not conceive.
तेन दुःखं कृतं नैव वस्तुज्ञानपरेण हि ।। आत्मनस्तारकश्चात्मा ह्यात्मनः पावनश्च सः ।। ९ ।।
He did not grieve over this because he realised the reality of different things. He knew that the soul is the uplifter of the soul and the soul is the sanctifier of the soul.