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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.57.13

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: alone and distressed, he approaches Viśvāmitra, who receives him with compassion and asks what happened

1.57.13

kāruṇyāt sa mahātejā vākyaṃ parama dhārmikaḥ
idaṃ jagāda bhadraṃ te rājānaṃ ghoradarśanam

Out of compassion, that supremely righteous one of great splendour spoke this word—'blessings on you'—to the king of dreadful appearance:

Words: kāruṇyāt — out of compassion; sa — he; mahātejā — of great splendour; vākyaṃ — a word; parama dhārmikaḥ — the supremely righteous one; idaṃ — this; jagāda — spoke; bhadraṃ te — 'blessings on you'; rājānaṃ — to the king; ghoradarśanam — of dreadful appearance

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.