Then at the end of the conversation, the royal sage Hotravahana, endued with a large soul, asked Akritavrana about Rama the foremost among the great Rishis.
ततः कथान्ते राजर्षिर्महात्मा होत्रवाहनः। राम श्रेष्ठं महर्षीणामपृच्छदकृतव्रणम्॥