Dadu Charitam. Vol III Book VII Chp 19 Shlokas 21 - 23
स कदाचिन्महाज्ञानी गृहं संत्यज्य निर्भरम् |
पुनः प्राप वनं घोरं कृष्णदर्शनकातरः ||
कृष्ण कृष्णेति कृष्णेति जपन्नेकान्तनिष्ठया |
कृष्णमाराधयामास कृष्णदर्शनकाङ्क्षया ||
ततक्ष्च द्वादशे वर्षे भगवान् श्यामसुन्दरः |
वृद्धब्राह्मणरूपेण दादवे दर्शनं ददौ ||
Once that man of wisdom left his house and reached the dreadful forest, with a free mind full of the earnest desire to have Krishna darshan. Longing to have Krishna darshan, he was worshipping Lord Krishna, chanting the Divine Name of ‘Krishna’ repeatedly with single-minded devotion. In the twelfth year from that day, Bhagavan , Shri Shyamasundara gave darshan to Dadu in the form of an old brahmana.
