While depending on this southern quarter this gross hindrance had cropped up for my ascesis, hence we will go to another direction and there we continue ascesis. [1-61-2]
- 'O Highsouled sages, there is lake Pushkara in the vast western region. There in the forest fit for austerities we shall practise penance peacefully' [1-61-3]
With this the most powerful sage Viswamitra reached Pushkara, where living on fruits and roots, he carried out intense, unsurpassable, austerities. [1-61-4]