One day, the Regent of the dead. Yama, O foremost of men, went to that great sage of purified soul while he was practising the severest austerities. Yama saw the great ascetic Gotama of rigid penances.
तमुग्रतपसा युक्तं भावितं सुमहामुनिम्॥ उपयातो नरव्याघ्र लोकपालो यमस्तदा। तमपश्यत् सुतपस पृषि वै गौतमं तदा॥