In days of old, with a view to try Vishhvamitra who was practicing asceticism, Dharma came to him in person in the disguise of the divinely prosperous Rishi Vasishtha.
विश्वामित्रं तपस्यन्तं धर्मो जिज्ञासया पुरा। अभ्यगच्छत् स्वयं भूत्वा वसिष्ठो भगवानृषिः॥