Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 74: The Arrival of Paraśurāma
Text 1.74.11

तान्दृष्ट्वा राजशार्दूलो वसिष्ठं पर्यपृच्छत॥

tān dṛṣṭvā rāja-śārdūlo vasiṣṭhaṁ paryapṛcchata

tān dṛṣṭvā = noticing them; rāja-śārdūlaḥ = the tiger among kings; vasiṣṭham = Vasiṣṭha; paryapṛcchata = humbly asked as follows.

Noticing them, the tiger among kings humbly asked Vasiṣṭha as follows.