गाधेरभून्महातेजा: समिद्ध इव पावक: । तपसा क्षात्रमुत्सृज्य यो लेभे ब्रह्मवर्चसम् ॥ २८ ॥
gadher abhun maha-tejah samiddha iva pavakah tapasa ksatram utsrjya yo lebhe brahma-varcasam
- gadheh
- from Maharaja Gadhi
- abhut
- was born
- maha-tejah
- very powerful
- samiddhah
- inflamed
- iva
- like
- pavakah
- fire
- tapasa
- by austerities and penances
- ksatram
- the position of a ksatriya
- utsrjya
- giving up
- yah
- one who (Visvamitra)
- lebhe
- achieved
- brahma-varcasam
- the quality of a brahmana.
Visvamitra, the son of Maharaja Gadhi, was as powerful as the flames of fire. From the position of a ksatriya, he achieved the position of a powerful brahmana by undergoing penances and austerities.