Satyatapa faced a dilemma. There was the question of saving the boar’s life and he could not very well reveal its presence. On the other hand, there was the problem of feeding the hunter’s family.

Satyatapa decided that every living being should do what is appropriate for it and nothing else. This was also true of every part of a living being. For example, it was the task of eyes to see, but it was not their task to speak, but the mouth could not see. What this meant was that Satyatapa had seen the boar with his eyes, but the eyes could not report the presence of the boar. And while he could tell the hunter about the boar with mouth, his mouth had not actually seen the boar. Satyatapa therefore decided that he should remain silent and not respond to Indra's question.

Learning of this resolution, Indra and Vishnu revealed themselves to the sage and blessed him. Satyatapa and his guru (teacher) Aruni attained salvation and merged with the brahman.