Having said these words to the Rishi Apantaratamas, otherwise called by the name of Sarasvat, the Supreme Lord sent him away, saying to him,-Go!-I am he that was born as Apantaratamas through the behest of Hari. Once more have I taken birth as the celebrated Krishna-Dvaipayana, a delighter of the race of Vashishtha.
एवं सारस्वतमृषिमपान्तरतमं तथा। उक्त्वा वचनमीशानः साधयस्वेत्यथाब्रवीत्॥ सोऽहं तस्य प्रसादेन देवस्य हरिमेधसः। अपान्तरतमा नाम ततो जातोऽऽज्ञया हरेः। पुनश्च जातो विख्यातो वसिष्ठकुलनन्दनः॥