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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.57.10

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 57: Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s curse and appeal for refuge. Vasiṣṭha’s sons reject and curse Triśaṅku, his followers abandon him and he asks Viśvāmitra to overcome his fate

In the sequence: by morning his appearance has changed: dark clothing, rough skin, disordered hair, funeral garlands, and iron ornaments → his ministers and followers abandon him

1.57.10

taṃ dṛṣṭvā mantriṇaḥ sarve tyaktvā caṇḍālarūpiṇam
prādravan sahitā rāma paurā ye 'syānugāminaḥ

Seeing him in the form of a caṇḍāla, all his ministers abandoned him and fled together, O Rāma—as did the townsfolk who were his followers.

Words: taṃ — him; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; mantriṇaḥ — the ministers; sarve — all; tyaktvā — having abandoned; caṇḍālarūpiṇam — in the form of a caṇḍāla; prādravan — fled, ran away; sahitā — together; rāma — O Rāma; paurā — the townsfolk; ye — who; 'syānugāminaḥ — his followers

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.