Vasudeva continued Hearing these words of his and seeing, as it were, with my own eyes all that he had described to me, I became filled with wonder. I then addressed the great ascetic Upamanyu and said to him, Highly praiseworthy as you are, O foremost of learned Brahmanas, for what righteous man is there except you whose retreat enjoys the distinction of being honoured with the presence of that God of gods.
वासुदेव उवाच एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य प्रत्यक्षमिव दर्शनम्। विस्मयं परमं गत्वा अध्रुवं तं महामुनिम्॥ धन्यस्त्वमसि विप्रेन्द्र कस्त्वदन्योऽसि पुण्यकृत्। यस्य देवाधिदेवस्ते सांनिध्यं कुरुतेऽऽश्रमे॥