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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.57.17
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: Triśaṅku explains the rejection, his wish for bodily ascent, and his record of truthful speech, sacrifice, and righteous rule
1.57.17
saśarīro divaṃ yāyām iti me saumyadarśanam
mayā ceṣṭaṃ kratuśataṃ tac ca nāvāpyate phalam
'"May I go to heaven in my own body"—such was my fond aspiration; a hundred sacrifices have been offered by me, yet that fruit is not attained.'
Words: saśarīro — with (my) body; divaṃ — to heaven; yāyām — may I go; iti — thus; me — my; saumyadarśanam — fair aspiration, vision; mayā — by me; ceṣṭaṃ — and offered (in sacrifice); kratuśataṃ — a hundred sacrifices; tac ca — and that; nāvāpyate — is not attained; phalam — fruit
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.