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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.56.17

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.

1.56.17

yaṣṭukāmo mahāyajñaṃ tad anujñātum arthatha
guruputrān ahaṃ sarvān namaskṛtya prasādaye

'Desirous of performing a great sacrifice, you ought to sanction it; saluting all the teacher's sons, I seek your favour.'

Words: yaṣṭukāmo — desirous of sacrificing; mahāyajñaṃ — a great sacrifice; tad — that; anujñātum — to permit, sanction; arthatha — you ought (to) (prob. = arhatha); guruputrān — the teacher's sons; ahaṃ — I; sarvān — all; namaskṛtya — having saluted; prasādaye — I propitiate, seek favour

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.