And after this period had gone by, overwhelmed with shame and afflicted with anxiety and grief, the mighty ascetic Viśvāmitra impatiently thought,
अथ काले गते तस्मिन् विश्वामित्रो महामुनिः॥ सव्रीड इव संवृत्तश्चिन्ताशोकपरायणः।