And practising the Brahmacarya mode of life with the intention of subduing lust, that highly famous one engaged in arduous austerities on the banks of the Kausiki.
स कृत्वा नैष्ठिकी बुद्धिं जेतुकामो महायशाः॥ कौशिकीतीरमासाद्य तपस्तेपे दुरासदम्।