He saw his food held on his head by the wise and great Rishi Vishvamitra who stood there subsisting on air and Dharma then accepting the food which was hot and newly cooked and eating it said-“I am pleased, O regenerate Rishi" and went away.
स दृष्ट्वा शिरसा भक्तं ध्रियमाणं महर्षिणा। तिष्ठता वायुभक्षेण विश्वामित्रेण धीमता॥ प्रतिगृह्य ततो धर्मस्तथैवोष्णं तथा नवम्। भुक्त्वाप्रीतोऽस्मि विप्रर्षे तमुक्त्वा स मुनिर्गतः॥