While he was thinking thus, kundadhara, actuated by his friendship for the Brahmana and no less by the ascetic success which the Brahmana had gained, appeared before him, O Bharata.
तस्य साक्षात् कुण्डधारो दर्शयामास भारत। ब्राह्मणस्य तपोयोगात् सौहृदेनाभिचोदितः॥