Seeing then that best of Rishis, viz., Vashishtha engaged in silent recitation of Mantras on her bank and seeing Kushika's son Vishvamitra also engaged in homa, Sarasvati thought, this is my opportunity.' Then that foremost of rivers, by her current, washed away one of her banks.
अथ कूले स्वके राजन् जपन्तमृषिसत्तमम्। जुह्वानं कौशिकं प्रेक्ष्य सरस्वत्यभ्यचिन्तयत्॥ इदमन्तरमित्येवं ततः सा सरितां वरा। कूलापहारमकरोत् स्वेन वेगेन सा सरित्॥