Kushika said Before you, O holy one, I have stood like one staying in the midst of a fire. That I have not yet, O chief of Bhrigu's race, been reduced to ashes is sufficient.
कुशिक उवाच अग्निमध्ये गतेनेव भगवन् संनिधौ मया।॥ वर्तितं भृगुशार्दूल यन्न दग्धोऽस्मि तद् बहु।