Hearing these words of the king, that foremost of ascetics, viz., the holy Tanu, remained for a short while with head lowering down and himself immersed in contemplation.
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु भगवांस्तनुर्मुनिवरोत्तमः। अवाक्शिरा ध्यानपरो मुहूर्तमिव तस्थिवान्।१८।।