सर्गः ५६
In which Brahmā hails Viśvāmitra rājar̥ṣi after thousand-year tapas, the shamed sage resumes fiercer austerities, and rejected Triśaṅku begs Vasiṣṭha sons for bodily heaven
Humbled Viśvāmitra sighs over Vasiṣṭha defeat — Viśvāmitra retires south with wife and practices fierce root-fruit tapas — Righteous sons Haviṣpanda, Madhuṣpanda, Dr̥ḍhanētra, Mahāratha are born — Brahmā names Viśvāmitra rājar̥ṣi after thousand years and departs — Shamed Viśvāmitra deems tapas fruitless and resumes fiercer tapas — Triśaṅku resolves to sacrifice and reach heaven in body — Vasiṣṭha declares rite impossible and rejects Triśaṅku — Triśaṅku finds hundred Vasiṣṭha sons and begs bodily-heaven sacrifice