SAGE VISWAAMITRA

Lord Siva has indeed fooled me. There is no alternative for me but to become a Brahma Rishi like Vasishtha." So saying, he with drew from the field of battle and proceeded south for more rigorous tapas.

For years and years Viswaamitra went through terrible austerities. Pleased with his perseverance, Brahma presented himself before him. Advising Viswaamitra that, as a result of his tapas he had risen to the position of a rishi among kings, Brahma vanished from the scene.

Viswaamitra was disappointed that all his penance could get him only the status of Raaja Rishi. Not content with anything but the highest the rank of a Brahma Rishi-he subjected him self to still more rigorous austerities in order that he might be acknowledged an equal of Vasishtha.

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