The great Ashtavakra welcomed her courteously. The lady, however stretching her arms, tenderly embraced the Rishi, O foremost of men.
स्वागतेनागतां तां तु भगवानभ्यभाषत॥ सोपागूहद् भुजाभ्यां तु ऋषि प्रीत्या नरर्षभ।