That virtuous-minded man (Parashara) knew from the day of his birth Vasishtha as his father and behaved towards him as such.
अमन्यत स धर्मात्मा वसिष्ठं पितरं मुनिः। जन्मप्रभृति तस्मिंस्तु पितरीवान्ववर्तत॥