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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.57.5

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

1.57.5

bāliśas tvaṃ naraśreṣṭha gamyatāṃ svapuraṃ punaḥ
yājane bhagavāñ śaktas trailokyasyāpi pārthiva

'You are foolish, O best of men; return again to your own city. In officiating (at sacrifice) the venerable one is capable even for the three worlds, O king.'

Words: bāliśas — foolish, childish; tvaṃ — you; naraśreṣṭha — O best of men; gamyatāṃ — let (you) go, return; svapuraṃ — to your own city; punaḥ — again; yājane — in officiating (at sacrifice); bhagavāñ — the venerable one; śaktas — capable; trailokyasyāpi — even for the three worlds; pārthiva — O king

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.