Then the celestials with Pitamaha at their head, addressed the high-souled Viśvāmitra in sweet-words, saying, "Welcome, O Brahmarşi! Well pleased have we been with your penances. And, O son of Kusika, in consideration of your fiery asceticism, you have obtained Brāhmaṇahood.'
ब्रह्मर्षे स्वागतं तेऽस्तु तपसा स्म सुतोषिताः॥ ब्राह्मण्यं तपसोग्रेण प्राप्तवानसि कौशिक।