Viswamitra was so impulsive, <br />That all his penance intensive, <br />Was lost every time he was angry, <br />Or over-powered by sympathy. <br /> <br />King Trisanku from Solar dynasty, <br />Wished to ascend with his body <br />To the Heaven, after his death, <br />Leaving this mundane earth. <br /> <br />This unnatural idea Vasishta opposed, <br />And to give it up, he was advised. <br />The Sage’s sons, he then approached, <br />But “Be you a chandala”, they cursed. <br /> <br />He roamed in the deep forest, <br />Ugly his face turned fast, <br />‘Cause of the curse spell cast on, <br />Right from the next day dawn. <br /> <br />He fell at Viswamitra’s feet, <br />And narrated about his defeat. <br />He earned the sage’s pity, <br />O’er his cursed destiny. <br /> <br />A sacrifice was performed, <br />Up on the air he was lifted, <br />But Indra pushed him down, <br />Back he fell upside down. <br /> <br />In the midair on the top, <br />The sage ordered his stop. <br />Thus a Trisanku Heaven <br />Came to exist in between. <br /> <br />The Devas were stunned <br />By the sage’s command <br />And accepted his creation <br />Of a new Trisanku Heaven. <br /> <br />His severe penance again <br />Went into the drain, <br />As he fell for Menaka <br />Sent by her master Indra. <br /> <br />Next he lost his years of penance, <br />In the dancer Rambha's presence, <br />Sent by Indra to lure him down, <br />She was cursed to become a stone. <br /> <br />Controlling his breath once again <br />He performed a severe penance so stern <br />That fire from his body source <br />Enveloped the entire Universe. <br /> <br />At the celestial Devas’ prayer, <br />Brahma was forced to appear, <br />And give him a title 'Raja Rishi', <br />That made him not happy. <br /> <br />Until from the Vasishta's lips, <br />He heard these blessed words <br />That a 'Brahma Rishi' he was, <br />He pursued this noble cause. <br /> <br />It was a sage of this kind <br />That Dasaratha received <br />And welcomed his presence <br />With all the Royal reverence.<br /><br />Rajaram Ramachandran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ramayan-part-04-the-sage-viswamitra-continued/