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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.58.12

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

1.58.12

śrutvā te vacanaṃ sarve samāyānti dvijātayaḥ
sarvadeśeṣu cāgacchan varjayitvā mahodayam

'Having heard your word, all the twice-born are assembling; from all regions they came—save Mahodaya.'

Words: śrutvā — having heard; te — your; vacanaṃ — word; sarve — all; samāyānti — are coming together, assembling; dvijātayaḥ — the twice-born; sarvadeśeṣu — in all regions; cāgacchan — and came; varjayitvā — having excepted, leaving out; mahodayam — Mahodaya (a person)

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.