Performing severe austerities, he took protection in the sun. Thereupon the mystery of the sun revealed in him and that eternal deity appeared before him in an embodied form. O king, the celestials were exceedingly pleased with that act of Arvavasu.
उग्रं तप: समास्थाय दिवाकरमथाश्रितः। रहस्यवेदं कृतवान् सूर्यस्य द्विजसत्तमः॥ मूर्तिमांस्तं ददर्शाथ स्वयमग्रभुगव्ययः। लोमश उवाच प्रीतास्तस्याभवन् देवाः कर्मणार्वावसोनूप॥