Numerous other ascetics at that times celebrated large sacrifices. As Agastya, however, was engaged in that sacrifice of his, the thousand-eyed Indra, O best of the Bharatas, ceased to pour rain (on the Earth. At the intervals, O king, of the sacrificial rites, this talk took place among those Rishis of purified souls about the great Agastya, viz., 'This Agastya, engaged in sacrifice, is making gifts of food with heart purged of pride and vanity.