He desired to see the great ascetic Rishi, the illustrious Kanva, of the lineage of Kashyapa, the possessor of all virtues and who was too effulgent to be looked at.
अतीवगुणसम्पन्नमनिर्देश्यं च वर्चसा। महर्षि काश्यपं द्रष्टुमथ कण्वं तपोधनम्॥