Him answered thus the mighty ascetic Viśvāmitra endowed with high energy, Do you listen, O Kākutstha, as to whom belong this dreadful forest!
तमुवाच महातेजा विश्वामित्रो महामुनिः॥ श्रूयतां वत्स काकुत्स्थ यस्यैतद् दारुणं वनम्।