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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.56.9

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: disappointed that he has not attained the higher status he seeks, Viśvāmitra renews his austerity. Śatānanda introduces a concurrent event: King Triśaṅku of the Ikṣvāku line wishes to enter heaven in his physical body through a sacrifice

1.56.9

evaṃ niścitya manasā bhūya eva mahātapāḥ
tapaś cacāra kākutstha paramaṃ paramātmavān

Having thus resolved in his mind, the great ascetic, supremely self-controlled, again practised the highest austerity, O Kākutstha.

Words: evaṃ — thus; niścitya — having resolved; manasā — in his mind; bhūya — again; eva — indeed; mahātapāḥ — the great ascetic; tapaś cacāra — practised austerity; kākutstha — O Kākutstha; paramaṃ — highest; paramātmavān — supremely self-controlled

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.