[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Mixed prose-and-verse narratives](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu) › [Campūs on the Rāma story](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana) › [Campūrāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt) › 1.98 # Rāmāyaṇacampū 1.98 English (machine translation) 1.98 - **Language:** English ### [1.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.1.98) There, having cursed Rambhā, who had been sent by the enemy of Jambha, saying, ‘Become a rock!’, while he was performing austerities in the eastern quarter with breath suppressed, the Lotus-seated One, whose friend the sun was distressed by the heat of the fire of his austerities, appeared and said: ‘Because you have conquered your senses, you are a brahmarṣi; let Vasiṣṭha also address you thus.’ He obtained the status of a brahmarṣi by the direction of Vasiṣṭha, just as a twice-born achieves Vedic luster from the sacrament of investiture. (98) - [Previous: 1.97\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.1.97_15) - [Next: 1.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.1.99) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.1.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.1.98) · Pramāṇa