His entire army having been exterminated by the warriors produced by Shabala and his hundred sons reduced to ashes by the very roar of Vasishta even as they assailed him, Vishvamitra retires to the Himalayas for austerities and, receiving a number of missiles from Lord Siva, tries them on the inmates of Vasistha's hermitage; Vasishta meets him with a mere staff appropriate to a Braahmana.
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Balakanda Sarga 56 "Vasishta-Vishvamitra-sangarshah" (Book 1, Canto 56)

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