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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.58.10

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 58: Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal. Viśvāmitra promises Triśaṅku bodily ascent and summons priests, then curses Vasiṣṭha’s sons & Mahodaya for rejecting the sacrifice

In the sequence: maharṣis gather from many regions

1.58.10

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā diśo jagmus tadājñayā
ājagmur atha deśebhyaḥ sarvebhyo brahmavādinaḥ

Hearing that word of his, they went off to the (various) quarters at his command; and then from all regions came the expounders of the Veda.

Words: tasya — his; tadvacanaṃ — that word; śrutvā — having heard; diśo — to the directions; jagmus — went; tadājñayā — by his command; ājagmur — came; atha — then; deśebhyaḥ — from the regions; sarvebhyo — from all; brahmavādinaḥ — the expounders of the Veda

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.