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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.56.5

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

1.56.5

jitā rājarṣilokās te tapasā kuśikātmaja
anena tapasā tvāṃ hi rājarṣir iti vidmahe

'The worlds of the royal seers have been won by you through austerity, O son of Kuśika; by this austerity we do indeed know you as a royal seer.'

Words: jitā — won, conquered; rājarṣilokās — the worlds of royal seers; te — by you; tapasā — by austerity; kuśikātmaja — O son of Kuśika; anena — by this; tapasā — austerity; tvāṃ — you; hi — indeed; rājarṣir — a royal seer; iti — thus; vidmahe — we know

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.