Himself possessed of penances, Kashyapa, moved by the wish of acquiring merit, fell, with a rapt heart, at the feet of the sage when he had seen all those wonderful attributes.
तं समासाद्य मेधावी स तदा द्विजसत्तमः। चरणौ धर्मकामोऽस्य तपस्वी सुसमाहितः। प्रतिपेदे यथान्यायं दृष्ट्वा तन्महदद्भुतम्॥