Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 62: Śunaḥśepa Saved
Text 1.62.28
विश्वामित्रोऽपि धर्मात्मा भूयस्तेपे महातपाः।
पुष्करेषु नरश्रेष्ठ दश वर्षशतानि च॥
viśvāmitro ’pi dharmātmā bhūyas tepe mahā-tapāḥ
puṣkareṣu nara-śreṣṭha daśa varṣa-śatāni ca
viśvāmitraḥ api = Viśvāmitra; dharmātmā = whose mind was devoted to Vedic dharma; bhūyaḥ = further; tepe = and who had performed great austerities; mahā-tapāḥ = O best of men; puṣkareṣu = on the banks of Puṣkara lake; nara-śreṣṭha daśa varṣa-śatāni ca = for a thousand years.
O best of men, Viśvāmitra whose mind was devoted to Vedic dharma and who had performed great austerities performed further austerities on the banks of Puṣkara Lake for a thousand years.