अथैवंप्रायया तत्र विश्रम्भकथया चिरम् ।प्राक्तनस्नेहगर्भिण्या स्थित्वोवाचायुधाभिधः
In plain words
Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Then, having remained there a long while in such open, trusting talk, steeped in the affection of days gone by, he who bears the very name of a weapon spoke, thus: