Adored by them, the Rishi worshipped them in return by bending his head and respecting them in his mind. Desirous of seeing Narayana, he began to live there, attentively engaged in the silent recitation of Mantras sacred to him, and practising the most difficult VOWS.
पूजयामास शिरसा मनसा तैश्च पूजितः। दिदृक्षुर्जप्यपरमः सर्वकृच्छ्रगतः स्थितः॥