Vaishampayana said : Thereupon the sun became gratified and that maker of day, self-luminous and blazing like fire, appeared before the Pandava (Yudhishthira).
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवं स्तुतो महराजा भास्करो लोकभावनः। ततो दिवाकरः प्रीतो दर्शयामास पाण्डवम्। दीप्यमानः स्ववपुषा ज्वलनिव हुताशनः॥