तौ तु तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा राजपुत्रौ यशस्विनौ। अनिद्रं षडहोरात्रं तपोवनमरक्षताम्॥ उपासांचक्रतुर्वीरौ यत्तौ परमधन्विनौ। ररक्षतुर्मुनिवरं विश्वामित्रमरिंदमौ॥
tau tu tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājaputrau yaśasvinau| anidraṃ ṣaḍahorātraṃ tapovanamarakṣatām|| upāsāṃcakraturvīrau yattau paramadhanvinau| rarakṣaturmunivaraṃ viśvāmitramariṃdamau||
English Meaning
Hearing these words of theirs, those illustrious princes, renouncing sleep, began to guard the hermitage day and night; and those heroic and mighty archers protected that best of ascetics and subduer of enemies.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)