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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.56.19

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.

1.56.19

pratyākhyāto vasiṣṭhena gatim anyāṃ tapodhanāḥ
guruputrān ṛte sarvān nāhaṃ paśyāmi kāṃ cana

'Rejected by Vasiṣṭha, O you whose wealth is austerity, I see no other recourse whatever apart from all of you, the sons of my teacher.'

Words: pratyākhyāto — rejected; vasiṣṭhena — by Vasiṣṭha; gatim — recourse, refuge, way; anyāṃ — other; tapodhanāḥ — O you whose wealth is austerity; guruputrān — the sons of the teacher; ṛte — except, apart from; sarvān — all; nāhaṃ — not I; paśyāmi — I see; kāṃ cana — any (recourse)

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.