The exceedingly effulgent Brahmă addressed him in soothing words, saying, “You are henceforth a saint, good to you, and (this. eminence) you have attained through your own laudable exertions.'
अब्रवीत् सुमहातेजा ब्रह्मा सुरुचिरं वचः। ऋषिस्त्वमसि भद्रं ते स्वार्चितैः कर्मभिः शुभैः॥