Ramayana
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ततस्तेनैव कोपेन दशग्रीवः सहानुजः । चिकीर्षुर्दुष्करं कर्म तपसे धृतमानसः ॥ 7-9-46 ॥
Then, on account of that very wrath, Dashagriva, together with his younger brothers, his mind fixed upon austerity, resolved to perform a feat hard to accomplish.
english translation
प्राप्स्यामि तपसा काममिति कृत्वा ऽध्यवस्य च । आगच्छदात्मसिद्ध्यर्थं गोकर्णस्याश्रमं शुभम् ॥ 7-9-47 ॥
Having determined and resolved, "I shall attain my desire through austerity," he came, for the sake of his own perfection, to the auspicious hermitage of Gokarna.
english translation
स राक्षसस्तत्र सहानुजस्तदा तपश्चकारातुलमुग्रविक्रमः । अतोषयच्चापि पितामहं विभुं ददौ स तुष्टश्च वराञ्जयावहान् ॥ 7-9-48 ॥
That rakshasa of fierce prowess, together with his younger brothers, then performed there austerity beyond compare, and he gratified the mighty Grandfather Brahma; and Brahma, well pleased, granted them boons that bring victory.
english translation