And, having secured his end, began to range the entire world, staying in asceticism. In this wise, O Rāma, was Brāhmanya actually obtained by the high-souled one.
कृतकामो महीं सर्वां चचार तपसि स्थितः। एवं त्वनेन ब्राह्मण्यं प्राप्तं राम महात्मना॥