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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.56.15

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: he bows and asks them to officiate, explaining that his family priest has refused → he says that, after the family preceptor, they are his only refuge for accomplishing the bodily ascent.

1.56.15

so 'bhigamya mahātmānaḥ sarvān eva guroḥ sutān
abhivādyānupūrvyeṇa hriyā kiṃ cid avāṅmukhaḥ
abravīt sumahātejāḥ sarvān eva kṛtāñjaliḥ

Approaching all those great-souled sons of his teacher and saluting them in due order, his face somewhat downcast with shame, the one of great splendour, with palms joined, spoke to them all:

Words: so 'bhigamya — he, having approached; mahātmānaḥ — the great-souled ones; sarvān eva — all; guroḥ — of the teacher; sutān — the sons; abhivādyānupūrvyeṇa — having saluted (them) in due order; hriyā — with shame; kiṃ cid — somewhat; avāṅmukhaḥ — his face downcast; abravīt — spoke; sumahātejāḥ — of great splendour; sarvān eva — to them all; kṛtāñjaliḥ — with palms joined

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.