Sargam [Chapter]: 52 Vasiṣṭha's Feast to Viśvāmitra [Vasiṣṭha hospitably receives Viśvāmitra. After exchanges of the news of welfare, Vasiṣṭha offers a feast to Viśvāmitra and his army. Viśvāmitra accepts it with reluctance. Vasiṣṭha calls the divine cow Śabala and requests her to arrange for a feast to Viśvāmitra and his army.] "The strong Viśvāmitra, after seeing, greatly loved that place,

Sargam [Chapter]: 53 Śabala and Viśvāmitra [A great feast is arranged by Śabala and Viśvāmitra is greatly impressed. He feels that Śabala should belong to him. In spite of offer of great wealth, Vasiṣṭha refuses to part with Śabala.] "Oh destroyer of enemies, Rāma, once these words were spoken by Vasiṣṭha to Śabala, the wish fulfilling cow made all arrangements

Sargam [Chapter]: 54 Viśvāmitra and Śabala [Viśvāmitra tries to drag away Śabala. The sad cow appeals to Vasiṣṭha and with his permission creates army after army which destroys the entire army of Viśvāmitra] "Oh Rāma, when Vasiṣṭha did not give him the wish giving cow, Viśvāmitra started pulling her." 54.1 "Oh Rāma, when Śabala was being dragged away by the

Sargam [Chapter]: 55 Viśvāmitra's Defeat [When Viśvāmitra's army and hundred sons are killed, he goes for a penance. At the end of penance, Lord Shiva gives him all arrows known to all sections of the world. With this knowledge, he wages a war against Vasiṣṭha.] "Thereafter, Vasiṣṭha, seeing that Viśvāmitra's arrows have benumbed the army created by Śabala, told her,

Sargam [Chapter]: 56 Viśvāmitra's Defeat by Vasiṣṭha [Viśvāmitra wages a great war and uses all great weapons known to him. The staff of Vasiṣṭha makes all of them useless and Viśvāmitra is defeated.] "When addressed like this by Vasiṣṭha, the strong Viśvāmitra, after lifting the Agneya Asthra [arrow of fire], said "stay, stay." 56.1 "The God like Vasiṣṭha took the

Sargam [Chapter]: 57 Viśvāmitra's Penance and Triśanku [Viśvāmitra does further penance. Lord Brahma recognizes him as a royal sage. Triśanku, the King of Ayodhyā, wants to go to heaven along with his body. Vasiṣṭha, his guru says that he cannot help him. Then he approaches the sons of Vasiṣṭha, who become angry.] "Oh Rāma, with a sad heart and with

Sargam [Chapter]: 58 Triśanku and Viśvāmitra [When the sons of Vasiṣṭha also refuse, Triśanku pesters them and later they curse that Triśanku should become a Chaṇḍāla. In that form, he approaches sage Viśvāmitra and requests for his help.] "Oh Rāma, those hundred sons of the sage, hearing the words of King Triśanku, got enraged and told the King like this."

Sargam [Chapter]: 59 Viśvāmitra's Yajña for Triśanku [Viśvāmitra arranges for a great Yajña for sending Triśanku to heaven along with his physical body. He invites all sages including sons of Viśvāmitra. Not only they refuse to come, but make fun of Viśvāmitra. Viśvāmitra burns them to ashes and curses them that for hundred births they will live by eating corpses.]

Sargam [Chapter]: 60 Triśanku Heaven Creation [After the Yajña, when devas did not come to receive their share, Viśvāmitra by his power of penance sends Triśanku to heaven but he is pushed back by devas. Seeing him falling head downwards, Viśvāmitra creates a new heaven to accommodate Triśanku. The disturbed devas agree to make him in to a star constellation