Once on a time the virtuous Krishna observed a vow extending for two and ten years. For seeing him who had performed the rite of initiation for the observance of his great vow, there came to that place. Narada and Parvata, and Krishna Dvaipayana and Dhaumya that foremost of silent reciters, Devala, Kashyapa, and Hastikashyapa.
व्रतं चचार धर्मात्मा कृष्णो द्वादशवार्षिकम्। दीक्षितं चागतौ द्रष्टुमुभौ नारदपर्वतौ॥ कृष्णद्वैपायनश्चैव धौम्यश्च जपतां वरः। देवलः काश्यपश्चैव हस्तिकाश्यप एव च॥