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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.56.13

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 56: Story of Viśvāmitra: The rājarṣi rank and Triśaṅku’s request. Brahmā grants Viśvāmitra the rank of rājarṣi, he resumes austerity while Triśaṅku seeks bodily ascent to heaven and is refused by Vasiṣṭha

In the sequence: Triśaṅku goes south to Vasiṣṭha's hundred sons

1.56.13

pratyākhyāto vasiṣṭhena sa yayau dakṣiṇāṃ diśam
vasiṣṭhā dīrgha tapasas tapo yatra hi tepire

Rejected by Vasiṣṭha, he went to the southern quarter, where the sons of Vasiṣṭha, of long-continued austerity, were performing penance.

Words: pratyākhyāto — rejected, refused; vasiṣṭhena — by Vasiṣṭha; sa — he; yayau — went; dakṣiṇāṃ diśam — the southern direction; vasiṣṭhā — the sons of Vasiṣṭha (the Vasiṣṭhas); dīrgha tapasas — of long-continued austerity; tapo — austerity; yatra — where; hi — indeed; tepire — were performing

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.