महातेजाः brilliant, सः that ascetic, बाष्पपूर्णवदनः face filled with tears, निश्श्वसन् heaving sighs, शोककर्शितः broken with grief, कृताञ्जलिम् with folded palms, उपस्थितम् standing nearby, माम् me, उवाच said.

The griefstricken, glorious ascetic with his face filled with tears, heaving deep sighs broke down with grief and spoke to me as I was standing with folded palms.