The object we had in mind was how to see the divine Narayana in his own form. Upon the termination of our penances and after we had performed the final ablutions, we heard an incorporeal voice, O powerful Brihaspati, deep like that of the clouds and exceedingly melodious and filling the heart with joy.
कथं पश्येम हि वयं देवं नारायणात्मकम्। वरेण्यं वरदं तं वै देवदेवं सनातनम्॥ कथं पश्येम हि वयं देवं नारायणं त्विति। अथ व्रतस्यावभृथे वागुवाचाशरीरिणी॥ स्निग्धगम्भीरया वाचा प्रहर्षणकरी विभो।