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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.57.14

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

1.57.14

kim āgamanakāryaṃ te rājaputra mahābala
ayodhyādhipate vīra śāpāc caṇḍālatāṃ gataḥ

'What is the purpose of your coming, O mighty prince, O hero, lord of Ayodhyā, now reduced to a caṇḍāla by a curse?'

Words: kim — what; āgamanakāryaṃ — the purpose of coming; te — your; rājaputra — O prince; mahābala — O mighty one; ayodhyādhipate — O lord of Ayodhyā; vīra — O hero; śāpāc — by a curse; caṇḍālatāṃ — the state of a caṇḍāla; gataḥ — gone to, reduced to

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.