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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.57.2

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: Vasiṣṭha's sons angrily rebuke Triśaṅku for seeking to bypass their father's refusal → they tell him to return home, since they cannot overturn the family priest's decision

1.57.2

pratyākhyāto 'si durbuddhe guruṇā satyavādinā
taṃ kathaṃ samatikramya śākhāntaram upeyivān

'You have been refused, O evil-minded one, by the teacher who speaks the truth; how, passing him by, have you come to another branch?'

Words: pratyākhyāto 'si — you have been refused; durbuddhe — O evil-minded one; guruṇā — by the teacher; satyavādinā — who speaks the truth; taṃ — him; kathaṃ — how; samatikramya — having passed by, overstepped; śākhāntaram — to another branch; upeyivān — (you) have come, approached

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.