And knowing (by virtue of his Yoga power) Vasiştha's sons together with Mahodaya as destroyed in consequence of his ascetic energy, the highly powerful Viśvāmitra said in the midst of the saints.
तपोबलहताज्ञात्वा वासिष्ठान् समहोदयान्। ऋषिमध्येमहातेजा विश्वामित्रोऽभ्यभाषत॥