Markandeyapurana 4.6

4.6

bandhuvargastathā mitraṃ yacceṣṭamaparaṃ gṛhe /
tyaktvā gacchati tatsarvaṃ na jahāti sarasvatī //

Jaimini, having heard this speech of the Ṛṣi Mārkaṇḍeya, went to the Vindhya mountain, where dwelt those righteous birds. And when Jaimini reached that mountain, he heard their voices as they were reading, and having heard filled with surprise, he reflected. ‘The brāhmans are readings observing the beauties of the various passages, regulating their breath, without any intermission, distinctly and without faults: wondrous is this, methinks, that Sarasvatī does not forsake these Muni’s sons, although they are born in the brute creation. One’s circle of relatives and a friend and whatever else is desired in one’s home—all that forsakes one and departs; Sarasvatī does not abandon one.’ Thinking even thus, he entered the mountain cave; and entering saw those dvijas standing on a ledge of the rock. Looking at them as they were reading, their faces free from blemish, he then addressed them all, with mingled sorrow and joy.