Clasping his hands from respect and with eyes bathed in tears, he addressed Kushika's son, saying,-What do you seek here in the night, O Brahmana?
स विसृज्याश्रु नेत्राभ्यां बहुमानात् कृताञ्जलिः। उवाच कौशिकं रात्रौ ब्रह्मन् किं ते चिकीर्षितम्॥