Vaishampayana said : Having proceeded further, leaving behind him all his attendants that mighty, armed king entered the hermitage alone but he did not find there the Rishi of rigid vows, (Kanva).
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततोऽगच्छन्महाबाहुरेकोऽमात्यान् विसृज्य तान्। नापश्यचाश्रमे तस्मिंस्तमृषि संशितव्रतम्॥