In the prime of my youth, I went one day to ply that boat. It so happened that the great and wise Rishi Parashara, the foremost of all virtuous men, came on my boat for crossing the Yamuna. As I was taking him across the river, that best of Rishis became full of desire and began to address me in soft words.
सा कदाचिदहं तत्र गता प्रथमयौवनम्। अथ धर्मविदां श्रेष्ठः परमर्षिः पराशरः॥ आजगाम तरी धीमांस्तरिष्यन् यमुना नदीम्। स तार्यमाणो यमुनां मामुपेत्याब्रवीत् तदा॥ सान्त्वपूर्वं मुनिश्रेष्ठः कामार्तो मधुरं वचः। उक्तं जन्म कुलं मह्यमस्मि दाशसुतेत्यहम्॥