− | When [[diseases]] started blighting [[life]], creating impediments in [[penance]], [[abstinence]], [[study]], [[celibacy]], [[religious observance]] and [[life span]] of mankind, the holy sages, out of their compassion for creatures, assembled at an auspicious place near the Himalayas. [6-7] | + | When [[diseases]] started blighting [[life]], creating impediments in [[penance]](tapa), [[abstinence]] ([[upavasa]]), [[study]]([[adhyayana]]), [[celibacy]] ([[bramhacharya]]), [[religious observance]] ([[vrata]]) and [[life span]] ([[ayusha]]) of mankind, the holy sages, out of their compassion for creatures, assembled at an auspicious place near the Himalayas. [6-7] |