Varga said : O best of the Bharata race, we were all greatly distressed. We sought the protection of that ascetic of undeviating vows.
वर्गोवाच ततो वयं प्रव्यथिताः सर्वा भारतसत्तम। अयाम शरणं विप्रं तं तपोधनमच्युतम्॥