He answered,-Formerly I was a great Asura by the name of Dansha. In the Krita cycle, O sire, I was of the same age with Bhrigu.
सोऽब्रवीदहमासं प्राग्दंशो नाम महासुरः। पुरा देवयुगे तात भृगोस्तुल्यवया इव॥