|| om tat sat ||

कामधेनुं वशिष्ठो अपि यदा न त्यजते मुनिः।
तदास्य शबलां राम विश्वामित्रो अन्वकर्षत ॥

Oh Rama ! When sage Vasishta refused to give Sabala, then Viswamitra took Sabala by force.

Balakanda
Fifty fourth Sarga

Satananda continued to narrate the story of sage Viswamitra.

'Oh Rama ! When sage Vasishta refused to give Sabala, then Viswamitra took Sabala by force.

When the great Viswamitra was taking her away , Sabala in sheer agony and weeping in sorrow started to think as follows. "Being taken away by the kings soldiers I am helpless and in sorrow. Have been forsaken by venerable sage Vasishta ? I have always been liked by him. Is the pious one giving me, who is ever devoted to him, away willingly ? What mistake have I done ? "

That Sabala thinking along these lines was sighing repeatedly. Then she made herself free of the hundreds of those enemies and moving at the speed of wind fell at the feet of the venerable sage Vasishta.

Sabala then standing in front of Sage Vasishta weeping in agony spoke with voice resembling the sound of thunder and drums. "Oh Bhagavan ! The kings soldiers are taking me away from you. So have you forsaken me ?"

Having been told thus , venerable Vasishta with his heart full of sorrow spoke to Sabala as though he is addressing his sister in distress. "Oh Sabala ! I have not forsaken you. There is no fault of yours. The king intoxicated with his own strength is taking you away. I do not have force to equal him. Specifically the king is powerful, belongs to warrior class, and is the ruler of this land. With a large contingent of forces full with elephants chariots flying flags etc he is more powerful".

Having been told thus by the venerable sage , Sabala with utmost respect spoke to the the Brahmarshi, the best of Rishis , and one who is the expert on the word , whose brilliance is visible. "O Brahman ! The strength of a Kshatriya is not real. The one with the knowledge of Brahman is more powerful. O Brahman ! The celestial Brahmin power is more powerful than a Kshatriya power. Your power is unmatched. Your brilliance is unmatched. Viswamitra is a great warrior. But he is not more powerful than you. Oh Great one ! I am strengthened by your power. Please employ me. I will crush the arrogance of that evil one".

'Oh Rama! having been told thus the venerable Vasishta said as follows ." Create forces that will crush the forces of the enemies."

Hearing those words of the sage Surabhi then created the forces. The hundreds of kings created from its full throated "hum" , started destroying Viswamitra's forces right in front of him . Seeing his forces being destroyed , Viswamitra extremely angry and with blazing red eyes got on to his chariot and started destroying the attacking forces using his weapons. Seeing hundreds of the forces killed by Viswamitra , Sabala then in anger created even more forces. Thus created, those armies of Sakas , Yavanas filled the whole earth. They were powerful. They were great warriors. They were carrying long swords. They were wearing the clothes shining with gold. All of them crushed the forces of Viswamitra with great full blown fires.

Then again Viswamitra deployed his weapons scattering away the Yavanas Kambhojas and others .

Thus ends the fifty fourth Sarga of Balakanda in Valmiki Ramayana.

|| om tat sat ||

ततो अस्त्राणि महातेजा विश्वामित्रो मुमोच ह ।
तै स्तैर्यवनकांभोजाः पप्लवाश्चाकुली कृताः ॥

'Then again Viswamitra deployed his weapons scattering away the Yavanas Kambhojas and others '.

|| om tat sat ||