HAVING in company with the ascetics passed the remainder of the night on the banks of the Sona, Visvāmitra, when the day broke, spoke,
उपास्य रात्रिशेषं तु शोणाकूले महर्षिभिः। निशायां सुप्रभातायां विश्वामित्रोऽभ्यभाषत॥