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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.56.20

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.

1.56.20

ikṣvākūṇāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ purodhāḥ paramā gatiḥ
tasmād anantaraṃ sarve bhavanto daivataṃ mama

'For to all the Ikṣvākus the house-priest is the highest recourse; therefore, next after him, all of you are my deity.'

Words: ikṣvākūṇāṃ — of the Ikṣvākus; hi — for, indeed; sarveṣāṃ — all; purodhāḥ — the house-priest; paramā gatiḥ — the highest recourse; tasmād — therefore; anantaraṃ — immediately after, next; sarve — all; bhavanto — you, sirs (honorific); daivataṃ — deity; mama — my

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.