Markandeyapurana 7.8

7.8

sādhyamānāḥ kṣamāmaunacittasaṃyamināmunā /
tā vai bhayārtāḥ krandanti kathaṃ kāryamidaṃ mayā //

And he, of mighty arm, when once chasing a deer in the forest, heard women repeatedly crying, “save us”! The king, giving over the deer, called out “fear not! who is this perverse being that, under my rule, behaves with injustice?” At this interval also the Raudra Vighnarāj, the opponent of every undertaking, who was following that cry, deliberated:—“This Viśvāmitra, full of heroism, undertaking incomparable austerities, keeping a vow, is mastering the sciences of Śiva and others, which have not been perfected before. Those sciences being mastered by this man, who governs his mind in patience and silence, are verily lamenting, afflicted with dread. How can I manage this? Glorious is this noblest of the Kauśika family; I am much weaker than he: these terrified sciences are thus bewailing: it appears to me difficult to be accomplished. Now this king has come in my way, calling out repeatedly ‘fear not!’; into him indeed entering, I will speedily accomplish my desire.”