Chapter 65 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 65

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 65.9

बहुभिः कारणैर्देव विश्वामित्रो महामुनिः। लोभितः क्रोधितश्चैव तपसा चाभिवर्धते॥

bahubhiḥ kāraṇairdeva viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ| lobhitaḥ krodhitaścaiva tapasā cābhivardhate||

English Meaning

O divine one, various were the means by which we endeavoured to affect the mighty Muni Viśvāmitra with covetousness and lust; but for all that he increase in asceticism.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)