← 1.58.4 · Bāla Kāṇḍa 58: Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s sacrifice and the priests’ refusal · 1.58.6 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.58.5

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

1.58.5

hastaprāptam ahaṃ manye svargaṃ tava nareśvara
yas tvaṃ kauśikam āgamya śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

'I regard heaven as already in your hand, O lord of men, since you have come to Kauśika and taken refuge in one worthy of giving refuge.'

Words: hastaprāptam — come to hand, within grasp; ahaṃ — I; manye — regard, think; svargaṃ — heaven; tava — your; nareśvara — O lord of men; yas — who; tvaṃ — you; kauśikam — Kauśika (Viśvāmitra); āgamya — having come to; śaraṇyaṃ — one worthy of giving refuge; śaraṇaṃ — to refuge; gataḥ — gone

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.