Meet wedlock for his sons designed;
With priests and friends the king began
To counsel and prepare his plan.
Such thoughts engaged his bosom, when,
To see Ayodhyá's lord of men,
A mighty saint of glorious fame,
The hermit Viśvámitra[138] came.
For evil fiends that roam by night
Disturbed him in each holy rite,
And in their strength and frantic rage