- 'All this is the mischief of gods to defraud me of the great merit of my ascesis. Ten years have rolled by as if they are just a day and a night. - [1-63-11]
Furthermore, I who am under the influence of lust and lure had to encounter this hindrance in my ascesis.' The best of ascetics ( Vishvamitra ) sighed with repentance, distressed with grief. [1-63-12]
उत्तरं पर्वतं राम विश्वामित्रो जगाम ह | स कृत्वा नैष्ठिकीं बुद्धिं जेतुकामो महायशाः || १-६३-१४
And he ( Vishvamitra ) proceeded towards the northern Himalayan mountains. He that highly celebrated sage who made a resolve to attain a sang-froid temperament and to vanquish lust,..... - [1-63-14]
- performed an unsurpassable ascesis on reaching the riverbank of river Kaushiki. While he was performing rigorous penance for a thousand years..... - [1-63-15]