स तु राजा महात्मानं वासिष्ठम् ऋषिसत्तमम् ॥
तृषार्तश् च क्षुधार्तश् च एकायनगतः पथि ॥
अपश्यद् अजितः संख्ये मुनिं प्रतिमुखागतम् ॥
शक्तिं नाम महाभागं वसिष्ठकुलनन्दनम् ॥
ज्येष्ठं पुत्रशतात् पुत्रं वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः ॥
sa tu rājā mahātmānaṃ vāsiṣṭham ṛṣisattamam ||
tṛṣārtaś ca kṣudhārtaś ca ekāyanagataḥ pathi ||
apaśyad ajitaḥ saṃkhye muniṃ pratimukhāgatam ||
śaktiṃ nāma mahābhāgaṃ vasiṣṭhakulanandanam ||
jyeṣṭhaṃ putraśatāt putraṃ vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ ||
"And that king, tormented by thirst and hunger, on a narrow path, unconquered in battle, saw coming toward him a muni — the great-souled son of Vasishtha, best of the rishis, named Shakti, most fortunate, the delight of Vasishtha's line, the eldest of the hundred sons of the great-souled Vasishtha."
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Here fate brings together, on a narrow path, a king and a sage's son. It is significant that the king is "tormented by thirst and hunger": bodily need clouds the mind and inclines it to irritation — and it is in just such a state that he meets the saint. Here is a lesson: the unsatisfied needs of the body are dangerous counselors — the hungry and weary fall more easily into anger. Thus the scripture reveals a fateful meeting; and the narrowness of the path becomes an image of the clash of two unyielding wills.