Thought devoted to the performance of his duties, O Bharata, he formed the resolution, viz., This Sarasvati shall speedily bring, by force of her current, that foremost of ascetics, viz., Vashishtha, to my presence. After he shall have been brought hither, I shall forsooth kill that greatest of ascetics.
तस्य बुद्धिरियं ह्यासीद् धर्मनित्यस्य भारत। इयं सरस्वती तूर्णं मत्समीपं तपोधनम्॥ आनयिष्यति वेगेन वसिष्ठं तपतां वरम्। इहागतं द्विजश्रेष्ठं हनिष्यामि न संशयः॥