At that time your sire, the highly effulgent and illustrious Dasaratha, with a view to see his high-souled priest Vasistha, repaired there.
तमाश्रमं महातेजाः पिता ते सुमहायशाः। पुरोहितं महात्मानं दिदृक्षुरगमत्स्वयम्॥