Some would ridicule him by saying, “Just see this greatly powerful sage! He is as steady as the Himalaya Mountains. By practice of silence he strives for his goal with great determination, just like a duck.” Other persons would pass foul air upon him, and sometimes others would bind him in chains and keep him captive like a pet bird. Mahā-sāraḥ means a person desiring great gain. They passed air on him (durvātayanti). They bound him in chains in prisons like a parrot or sārika bird (dvijam).