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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.56.4

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: after a thousand years Brahmā recognizes him as a rājarṣi and departs

1.56.4

pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
abravīn madhuraṃ vākyaṃ viśvāmitraṃ tapodhanam

When a full thousand years had passed, Brahmā, the Grandsire of the worlds, spoke sweet words to Viśvāmitra, whose wealth was austerity:

Words: pūrṇe — when full, complete (loc. abs.); varṣasahasre — a thousand years; tu — and; brahmā — Brahmā; lokapitāmahaḥ — the Grandsire of the worlds; abravīn — spoke; madhuraṃ vākyaṃ — sweet words; viśvāmitraṃ — to Viśvāmitra; tapodhanam — whose wealth is austerity

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.