Legends say that the great saint, Vashishta was born as the result of Lord Brahma`s will power. He was one of the greatest ascetics of his time, who dedicated his entire life for the welfare of the world. The unique characteristic of saint Vashishta was that he was never a hermit, like most of the other saints. The only time he had his hermitage, was when he used to go to the banks of the River Saraswati. He had the habit of imparting the Vedic knowledge to his numerous disciples on the banks of the River Saraswati and there was a regular performance of several holy sacrifices for the good of the world was performed, in the hermitage.

One of the greatest strengths of Vashishta was the merit earned by these performances of tapasya. He was a learned man and he always loved peace. He also became successful to conquer his desire and anger and he was the priest to Dashratha and also Rama. Vashishta had a great intelligence and thousands of the verses in the `Rig-Veda` were composed by him.

Vashishta also wrote a pamphlet named as the `Vasishta Smriti` and the pamphlet was written on dharma righteousness. He also composed another treatise named the `Vashishta Ramayana`. Vashishta had the belief that the divine and individual efforts were very necessary for achieving anything in this world. According to him, the habit of laziness is actually a disease that is responsible to bring unhappiness in a man`s life.