Satanada, son of Gautama was awed and delighted to see Rama.He asked of Visvamitra, about his mother Ahalya and also wanted to know if Rama was aware of what had taken place earlier and whether both his mother and father had paid a befitting and honorable homage to the great Ikshvaku prince. Visvamitra assured him that nothing had been omitted and that Ahalya and Gautama were reunited like Renuka and Jamadagni and Satananda said, " I shall tell you of the powers and achievements of Visvamithra. Rama! Your presence here is due to our good fortune. You are blessed for having Visvamitra whoperformed deeds that defy imagination.His fierce austerities have made him a divine sage and his knowledge knows no bounds for he is schooled in every branch of learning.Kusa son of Brahma had a son called Kusanabha who was supremely righteous and mighty and his son Gadhi is the father of Visvamitra. King, Kausika protected and ruled the earth for many thousands of years. His happiness was the happiness of his subjects! Assembling his troops and Akshauhinis, he would roam the world traversing through cities, countries, kingdoms, hermitages, across rivers and over lofty mountains. Once during the course of travel he reached the hermitage of Vasishta the beauty of which was breath taking. Inhabited by animals of many species, birds of a myriad colour and gentle deer the hermitage was filled with mammoth trees all vying with each other to contribute to its splendor. The retreat was home to many gandharvas, devatas, danavas, charanas, kinneras and siddhas. There were also divine sages who had reached perfection by way of austerities and saintly practices. Effulgent like the fire with all their senses under subjugation, appetites subdued, they were given to prayer and to offering libations. Some of the perfected souls lived on fruit and roots, some lived on dry leaves, while still others subsisted on nothing more than water and air. Visvamithra beheld this hermitage of Vasishta which looked like the land of the gods".
Summary
Satanada, son of Gautama was awed and delighted to see Rama.He asked of Visvamitra, about his mother Ahalya and also wanted to know if Rama was aware of what had taken place earlier and whether both his mother and father had paid a befitting and honorable homage to the great Ikshvaku prince. Visvamitra assured him that nothing had been omitted and that Ahalya and Gautama were reunited like Renuka and Jamadagni and Satananda said, " I shall tell you of the powers and achievements of Visvamithra. Rama! Your presence here is due to our good fortune. You are blessed for having Visvamitra whoperformed deeds that defy imagination.His fierce austerities have made him a divine sage and his knowledge knows no bounds for he is schooled in every branch of learning.Kusa son of Brahma had a son called Kusanabha who was supremely righteous and mighty and his son Gadhi is the father of Visvamitra. King, Kausika protected and ruled the earth for many thousands of years. His happiness was the happiness of his subjects! Assembling his troops and Akshauhinis, he would roam the world traversing through cities, countries, kingdoms, hermitages, across rivers and over lofty mountains. Once during the course of travel he reached the hermitage of Vasishta the beauty of which was breath taking. Inhabited by animals of many species, birds of a myriad colour and gentle deer the hermitage was filled with mammoth trees all vying with each other to contribute to its splendor. The retreat was home to many gandharvas, devatas, danavas, charanas, kinneras and siddhas. There were also divine sages who had reached perfection by way of austerities and saintly practices. Effulgent like the fire with all their senses under subjugation, appetites subdued, they were given to prayer and to offering libations. Some of the perfected souls lived on fruit and roots, some lived on dry leaves, while still others subsisted on nothing more than water and air. Visvamithra beheld this hermitage of Vasishta which looked like the land of the gods".