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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.28.5
Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 28: Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides. Viśvāmitra recounts Vāmana’s three strides and the restoration of Indra’s realm, then begins his observance with the brothers as guards
In the sequence: he recounts how Bali, son of Virocana, conquered the Devas and held their realm → while Bali performed a great sacrifice, the Devas led by Agni asked Viṣṇu to intervene before its completion
1.28.5
balir vairocanir viṣṇo yajate yajñam uttamam
asamāpte kratau tasmin svakāryam abhipadyatām
“Bali, son of Virocana, O Viṣṇu, is performing a supreme sacrifice; before that rite is completed, let our own cause be attended to.
Words: balir — Bali; vairocanir — son of Virocana; viṣṇo — O Viṣṇu; yajate — is performing, sacrifices; yajñam — a sacrifice; uttamam — supreme, highest; asamāpte — not (yet) completed; kratau — in the rite, sacrifice; tasmin — that; svakāryam — our own affair, our cause; abhipadyatām — let it be undertaken, attended to
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.