In the very sight of the king, the illustrious Rishi ascended the sky in order to see Surya, he himself being as effulgent as that luminary.
स तस्य मनुजेन्द्रस्य पश्यतो भगवानृषिः। अर्ध्वमाचक्रमे द्रष्टुं भास्करं भास्करद्युतिः॥