- Let blissfulness betide you. You be safe. Oh ! gentle sage, you may take leave as you please.' On hearing the word of Grandparent Brahma and the other residents of heaven,..... - [1-65-21]
कृत्वा प्रणामं मुदितो व्याजहार महामुनिः | ब्राह्मण्यं यदि मे प्राप्तं दीर्घमायुस्तथैव च || १-६५-२२
- and on paying good devoirs to all of them that great saint cheerfully said : 'If brahminhood and long life have been acquired by me by your grace,..... - [1-65-22]
- let the quintessence of Omkara and Vashatkara syllables, and even all Veda-s patronise me. He who is the outstanding one among the geniuses of kshaatraveda ( kingcraft ), and among the scholars of Veda-s as well,..... - [1-65-23]
- even eminent Vashishta, the brainchild of Brahma, shall acknowledge me as 'Brahmarshi' ( Brahma-sage ).Oh ! the best gods, you may take leave if you can effectuate this ultimate yearning of mine.' ( Thus Vishvamitra requested the gods ). [1-65-24]
Thereupon, pleased by the gods, the best one among meditators Vashishta made friendship with Vishvamitra and lovingly said to him 'You are a Brahmarshi, let it be so' [1-65-25]