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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.58.22

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: he curses Mahodaya to a long, miserable existence as a Niṣāda hunter → having pronounced the curses, he falls silent.

1.58.22

prāṇātipātanirato niranukrośatāṃ gataḥ
dīrghakālaṃ mama krodhād durgatiṃ vartayiṣyati

'Given to the taking of life, sunk in pitilessness, through my anger he shall for a long time endure a miserable existence.'

Words: prāṇātipātanirato — given to the taking of life; niranukrośatāṃ — pitilessness; gataḥ — fallen into, gone to; dīrghakālaṃ — for a long time; mama — my; krodhād — through anger; durgatiṃ — a miserable existence, evil course; vartayiṣyati — he shall pass, endure

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.