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सर्वं सुराणां कर्मैतत्तपोऽपहरणं महत् । अहो रात्रापदेशेन गताः संवत्सरा दश ॥ १-६३-११
- '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]
english translation
काममोहाभिभूतस्य विघ्नोऽयं प्रत्युपस्थितः । विनिःश्वसन् मुनिवरः पश्चात्तापेन दुःखितः ॥ १-६३-१२
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]
english translation
भीतामप्सरसं दृष्ट्वा वेपन्तीं प्रांजलिं स्थिताम् । मेनकां मधुरैर्वाक्यैर्विसृज्य कुशिकात्मजः ॥ १-६३-१३
But on seeing the apsara Menaka, who was shivering and waiting with suppliantly adjoined palms, he sent her away with pleasant words. [1-63-13]
english translation
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]
english translation
कौशिकीतीरमासाद्य तपस्तेपे दुरासदम् । तस्य वर्षसहस्राणि घोरं तप उपासतः ॥ १-६३-१५
- performed an unsurpassable ascesis on reaching the riverbank of river Kaushiki. While he was performing rigorous penance for a thousand years . - [1-63-15]
english translation