Sharmishtha said : O lady of sweet smiles, that Rishi was as effulgent in asceticism and energy as the sun. Seeing him, I had no power of making these enquiries.
शर्मिष्ठोवाच तपसा तेजसा चैव दीप्यमानं यथा रविम्। तं दृष्ट्वा मम सम्प्रष्टुं शक्तिर्नासीच्छुचिस्पिते॥