Verse 9·VR 1.55.9

समुद्र इव निर्वेगो भग्नदंष्ट्र इवोरगः | उपरक्त इवादित्यः सद्यो निष्प्रभतां गतः || १-५५-९ हतपुत्रबलो दीनो लूनपक्ष इव द्विजः |

sa gatvaa himavat paarshvam kiMnara uraga sevitam | mahaadeva prasaada artham tapaH tepe mahaatapaaH || 1-55-12

Translation

Like a tideless ocean his warfare did not tide him over, like a fangless serpent his hiss of warring could not fang any, like a wingless bird pitiable is his flightless plight of fightback, like a shineless sun in an eclipse, Vishvamitra plunged into a lustreless state of his own illustriousness, when his forces are ruined along with his sons. [1-55-9, 10a]

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, 10a. nirvegaH

without speed [tideless]

samudraH iva

as with ocean

bhagnadanSTraH uragaH iva

as with broken fang serpent

uparaktaH aadityaH iva

as with less coloured [shineless, while being eclipsed] sun

sadyaH

immediately

hataputrabalaH

one with - force of ruined sons

diinaH luunapakSaH dvijaH iva

as with pitiable, clipped wing [wingless] bird

niSprabhataam gataH

gone in - plunged into a lustreless state.

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Vishvamitra ruins Vashishtha's hermitage

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