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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.58.3

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: Viśvāmitra promises protection and says Triśaṅku will ascend in his present body despite the curse

1.58.3

aham āmantraye sarvān maharṣīn puṇyakarmaṇaḥ
yajñasāhyakarān rājaṃs tato yakṣyasi nirvṛtaḥ

'I shall invite all the great seers of holy deeds, who will lend aid at the sacrifice, O king; then you shall sacrifice, content.'

Words: aham — I; āmantraye — I invite, summon; sarvān — all; maharṣīn — the great seers; puṇyakarmaṇaḥ — of holy deeds; yajñasāhyakarān — who lend aid at the sacrifice; rājaṃs — O king; tato — then; yakṣyasi — you shall sacrifice; nirvṛtaḥ — content, at ease

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.