Galava said Formerly I studied from my preceptor Vishvamitra. Getting his permission I started for home the object of seeing; my father. My widowed mother stricken with sorrow and, weeping bitterly, said tu me Alas, your father will never see his son who, endued with Vedic knowledge, has been allowed by his preceptor to come home and who, having all the graces of youth, is endued with selfcontrol.
गालव उवाच सगणो दैवतश्रेष्ठस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत। विश्वामित्राभ्यनुज्ञातो ह्यहं पितरमागतः॥ अब्रवीन्मां ततो माता दुःखिता रुदती भृशम्। कौशिकेनाभ्यनुज्ञातं पुत्रं वेदविभूषितम्॥