महत्त्वमृषिमुख्यत्वं ददामि तव कौशिक। ब्रह्मणस्तु वचः श्रुत्वा विश्वामित्रस्तपोधनः॥ प्राञ्जलिः प्रणतो भूत्वा प्रत्युवाच पितामहम्। ब्रह्मर्षिशब्दमतुलं स्वार्चितैः कर्मभिः शुभैः॥ यदि मे भगवन्नाह ततोऽहं विजितेन्द्रियः।
mahattvamṛṣimukhyatvaṃ dadāmi tava kauśika| brahmaṇastu vacaḥ śrutvā viśvāmitrastapodhanaḥ|| prāñjaliḥ praṇato bhūtvā pratyuvāca pitāmaham| brahmarṣiśabdamatulaṃ svārcitaiḥ karmabhiḥ śubhaiḥ|| yadi me bhagavannāha tato'haṃ vijitendriyaḥ|
English Meaning
Hearing Brahma's speech, the anchorite Viśvāmitra bowing down thus answered the Grandsire with clasped hands, The incomparable title of Brahmarși is to be won by one by performing sterling works. And since you have not addressed me (by that title), it appears that I have not yet succeeded in subduing my senses. *The text is very faulty. The literal meaning would be, since you have not.....I have subdued my senses, which would be absurd. I have therefore rendered the passage freely.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)