Knowing the truth, the Grandfather then took Kavi as his own son. Busy with procreating creatures for peopling the Earth, Bhrigu who is considered as a Prajapati thence came to be called as Varuna's offspring.
पितामहस्त्वपत्यं वै कविं जग्राह तत्त्ववित्। तदा स वारुणः ख्यातो भृगुः प्रसवकर्मवित्॥