"O Menaka, you are the best of all celestial Apsaras. O amiable girl, do me this service. Listen to what I say. The great ascetic Vishvamitra, as effulgent as the Sun, is now engaged in great asceticism and therefore my heart is trembling.
गुणैरप्सरसां दिव्यैर्मेनके त्वं विशिष्यसे। श्रेयो मे कुरु कल्याणि यत् त्वां वक्ष्यामि तच्छृणु॥२२ असावादित्यसंकाशो विश्वामित्रो महातपाः। तप्यमानस्तपो घोरं मम कम्पयते मनः॥