Hearing the words of the celestials, the Grand sire of all addressed the ascetic Viśvāmitra, in these sweet words, 'O mighty saint, hast you had a pleasant journey? Satisfied with your fierce austerities, O Kausika, I confer upon you the eminence of the foremost saintship.'
देवतानां वचः श्रुत्वा सर्वलोकपितामहः॥ अब्रवीन्मधुरं वाक्यं विश्वामित्रं तपोधनम्। महर्षे स्वागतं वत्स तपसोग्रेण तोषितः॥