He did not change his spiritual routine ​ — his habit of praying to God “three times in a day,... as he had been regularly doing ” ​ — even for one month, although that meant being thrown into the lions ’ pit.
खऱ्‍या उपासकांचा मोठा लोकसमुदाय “अहोरात्र [देवाच्या] मंदिरात त्याची सेवा करितात ” असे म्हणण्यात आले आहे.