 विश्वामित्रो ऽपि धर्मात्मा भूयस्तेपे महातपा:।पुष्करेषु नरश्रेष्ठ दशवर्षशतानि च।। 
 O Best among men the righteous and mighty ascetic Viswamitra also continued his austerities at Pushkara for a thousand years".     Thus ends the sixtysecond sarga of Balakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki. 