The Brahmana said : There lived at the source of the Gangas a great Rishi of rigid vows and great wisdom and of severest austerities; his name was Bharadvaja.
ब्राह्मण उवाच गङ्गाद्वारं प्रति महान् बभूवर्षिर्महातपाः। भरद्वाजो महाप्राज्ञः सततं संशितव्रतः॥