Having offered libations to his brother Jatayu, Sampathi sat surrounded by the Vanaras and resumed his narration " I remained unconscious for days after I landed on the mountain. Coming back to my senses on the sixth day, I slowly recognized the sea below to be the southern ocean and the mountain as Vindhya. The only inhabitants here at that time were the great ascetic, Nisakara and I. Revered by even the gods the sage lived in a cave in this mountain, while I lived on its peaks. He lives no more but I have been here for eight thousand years. One day I got down painfully to meet the holy one who had known Jatayu and me as children. Full of concern for my plight he asked me the cause for my disfigurement and said he was sorry as he could hardly recognize me".