One day, after he had settled in Dwaraka, he came to me, alone when I mysclf was also alone on the sea-coast, and there smilingly said, O Krishna, that weapon, called Brahmashira adored of gods and Gandharvas, which my father the preceptor of the Bharatas, having prowess capable of being baffled, had obtained from Agastya after practising the severest penances, is now with me, as it is with my father.
स कदाचित् समुद्रान्ते वसन् द्वारवतीमनु। एक एकं समागम्य मामुवाच हसन्निव॥ यत् तदुग्रं तपः कृष्ण चरन् सत्यपराक्रमः। अगस्त्याद् भारतचार्यः प्रत्यपद्यत मे पिता॥ अस्त्रं ब्रह्मशिरो नाम देवगन्धर्वपूजितम्। तदद्य मयि दाशार्ह यथा पितरि मे तथा॥