When in virtue of those austerities, O son, he became equal to Brahma: he then obtained a sight of that master, origin and Protector, of the universe, the Lord of all the gods, the paramount Deity, who is highly difficult of being looked at; who is smaller then the smallest and larger than the largest;
स तेन तपसा तात ब्रह्मभूतो यदाभवत्। ततो विश्वेश्वरं योनि विश्वस्य जगतः पतिम्॥ ददर्श भृशदुर्धर्षं सर्वदेवैरभिष्टुतम्। अणीयांसमणुभ्यश्च बृहद्भ्यश्च बृहत्तमम्॥