Having learnt that his sons had been caused to be killed by Vishvamitra, Vasishtha patiently bore his grief, as the great mountain bears the earth.
वसिष्ठो घातिताञ्छ्रुत्वा विश्वामित्रेण तान् सुतान्। धारयामास तं शोकं महाद्रिरिव मेदिनीम्॥