Canto XXI.Visvámitra's Speech. The hermit heard with high content That speech so wondrous eloquent, And while each hair with joy arose,142 He thus made answer at the close: “Good is thy speech O noble King, And like thyself in everything. So should their lips be wisdom-fraught Whom kings begot,Vaśishṭha taught. The favour which I came to seek Thou grantest ere my tongue can speak. But let my tale attention claim, And hear the need for which I came. O King,as Scripture texts allow, A holy rite employs me now. Two fiends who change their forms at will Impede that rite