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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.50.25

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 50: Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King. Śatānanda confirms Ahalyā’s release, then recounts how King Viśvāmitra’s travels with his army brought him to Vasiṣṭha’s hermitage

In the sequence: its flowering and fruiting trees, peaceful deer, heavenly visitors, sacred fires, and tapasvins of many disciplines made it seem a second world of Brahmā.

1.50.25

brahmarṣigaṇasaṃkīrṇaṃ devarṣigaṇasevitam
tapaścaraṇasaṃsiddhair agnikalpair mahātmabhiḥ

crowded with hosts of brahmin-seers, frequented by hosts of divine seers, (thronged) with great souls perfected in the practice of austerity, resembling fire,

Words: brahmarṣigaṇasaṃkīrṇaṃ — crowded with hosts of brahmin-seers; devarṣigaṇasevitam — frequented by hosts of divine seers; tapaścaraṇasaṃsiddhair — perfected in the practice of austerity; agnikalpair — resembling fire; mahātmabhiḥ — with great souls

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.