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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.57.22

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: he laments that fate has defeated his efforts → taking Viśvāmitra as his only refuge, he asks him to overcome that fate through effort.

1.57.22

tasya me paramārtasya prasādam abhikāṅkṣataḥ
kartum arhasi bhadraṃ te daivopahatakarmaṇaḥ

'To me, exceedingly afflicted and longing for your grace, whose action has been thwarted by fate, you ought to grant (favour)—blessings on you.'

Words: tasya me — to me (that one); paramārtasya — exceedingly afflicted; prasādam — grace, favour; abhikāṅkṣataḥ — longing for; kartum arhasi — you ought to do, grant; bhadraṃ te — 'blessings on you'; daivopahatakarmaṇaḥ — whose action has been thwarted by fate

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.