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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.57.7

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

1.57.7

pratyākhyāto 'smi guruṇā guruputrais tathaiva ca
anyāṃ gatiṃ gamiṣyāmi svasti vo 'stu tapodhanāḥ

'I have been rejected by the teacher, and likewise by the teacher's sons; I shall go to another recourse. Blessings be upon you, O you whose wealth is austerity.'

Words: pratyākhyāto 'smi — I have been rejected; guruṇā — by the teacher; guruputrais — by the teacher's sons; tathaiva ca — and likewise too; anyāṃ gatiṃ — to another recourse; gamiṣyāmi — I shall go; svasti vo 'stu — blessings be upon you; tapodhanāḥ — O you whose wealth is austerity

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.