At the hour, however, of dinner, O Janamejaya, the intelligent and righteous ascetic, leading a life of mendicancy, approached Devala for soliciting aims.
उपातिष्ठत धर्मज्ञो भैक्षकाले स देवलम्। स दृष्ट्वा भिक्षुरूपेण प्राप्तं तत्र महामुनिम्॥