When the night had passed away and day dawned, (Rāma) approached Bharadvāja, and that chief of men addressed that ascetic of flaming energy.
प्रभातायां तु शर्वर्यां भरद्वाजमुपागमत्। उवाच नरशार्दूलो मुनिं ज्वलिततेजसम्॥