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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.57.6

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 says he will seek another refuge → they curse him to become a caṇḍāla, an outcast

1.57.6

teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā krodhaparyākulākṣaram
sa rājā punar evaitān idaṃ vacanam abravīt

Hearing that speech of theirs, its syllables confused with anger, the king once again said these words to them:

Words: teṣāṃ — their; tadvacanaṃ — that speech; śrutvā — having heard; krodhaparyākulākṣaram — its syllables confused with anger; sa rājā — the king; punar evaitān — again to them; idaṃ vacanam — these words; abravīt — said

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.