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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.56.6

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

1.56.6

evam uktvā mahātejā jagāma saha daivataiḥ
triviṣṭapaṃ brahmalokaṃ lokānāṃ parameśvaraḥ

Having spoken thus, the one of great splendour, the supreme lord of the worlds, went with the gods to Triviṣṭapa, the world of Brahmā.

Words: evam uktvā — having spoken thus; mahātejā — the one of great splendour; jagāma — went; saha daivataiḥ — together with the gods; triviṣṭapaṃ — Triviṣṭapa (the third heaven); brahmalokaṃ — the world of Brahmā; lokānāṃ — of the worlds; parameśvaraḥ — the supreme lord

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.