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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.58.6

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 orders his sons to collect sacrificial supplies and sends disciples to invite the ṛṣis, requiring them to report every response, including insults

1.58.6

evam uktvā mahātejāḥ putrān paramadhārmikān
vyādideśa mahāprājñān yajñasaṃbhārakāraṇāt

Having spoken thus, the one of great splendour instructed his supremely righteous, greatly wise sons regarding the gathering of the sacrificial materials.

Words: evam uktvā — having spoken thus; mahātejāḥ — the one of great splendour; putrān — the sons; paramadhārmikān — supremely righteous; vyādideśa — instructed, directed; mahāprājñān — greatly wise; yajñasaṃbhārakāraṇāt — for the gathering of the sacrificial materials

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.