अथोटजमुपायातं नृदेवं प्रणतं पुरः ।
सपर्यया पर्यगृह्णात् प्रतिनन्द्यानुरूपया ॥ ४८ ॥
atha-then; utajam-the hermitage; upayatam-approached; nrdevam-the monarch; pranatam-bowed down; purah-in front; saparyaya-with honor; paryagrhnat-received him; pratinandya-greeting him; anurupaya-befitting the King's position.
Seeing that the monarch had come to his hermitage and was bowing before him, the sage greeted him with benediction and received him with due honor.
Emperor Svayambhuva Manu not only approached the cottage of dried leaves possessed by the hermit Kardama, but he offered his respectful obeisances unto him. Similarly, it was the duty of the hermit to offer blessings to kings who used to approach his hermitage in the jungle.