Verse 20·VR 1.55.20

विवर्धमानो वीर्येण समुद्र इव पर्वणि | हतं मेने तदा राम वसिष्ठमृषिसत्तमम् || १-५५-२०

vasiShThasya ca ye shiShyaaH ye ca vai mR^iga pakshiNaH | vidravanti bhayaat bhiitaa naanaa dik.hbhyaH sahasrashaH || 1-55-23

Translation

By vitality Vishvamitra is like an ocean with rough riptide on a Full Moon day, and oh, Rama, he deemed that sagaciously mighty sage Vashishta is now 'dead.' [1-55-20]

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parvaNi

on an auspicious day [in Full Moon day]

samudra iva

as with ocean

viiryeNa vivardhamaanaH

on the rise by vitality

raama

oh Rama

R^iSisattamam vasiSTham

sagaciously mighty sage, Vashishta

tadaa

now

hatam mene

deemed as dead.

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55

Vishvamitra ruins Vashishtha's hermitage

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