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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.50.28

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.

1.50.28

vasiṣṭhasyāśramapadaṃ brahmalokam ivāparam
dadarśa jayatāṃ śreṣṭha viśvāmitro mahābalaḥ

— the hermitage of Vasiṣṭha, like a second world of Brahmā, the mighty Viśvāmitra, O best of conquerors, beheld.

Words: vasiṣṭhasyāśramapadaṃ — Vasiṣṭha's hermitage-ground; brahmalokam — the world of Brahmā; ivāparam — like a second, like another; dadarśa — beheld, saw; jayatāṃ — of conquerors; śreṣṭha — O best; viśvāmitro — Viśvāmitra; mahābalaḥ — the mighty

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.