Vasiṣṭha said: He saw the scion of the family of Bhṛgu standing on the bank of the lake. Thereafter, he stood up hastily and approached Rāma. He made obeisance to Rāma with palms joined in reverence, even as his hands held the bow and the arrows. He spoke thus to the bravest among the descendants of Bhṛgu, with a voice deep and resonant like the thunder-clap of clouds full of water with a voice that seemed come up from a deep cave.