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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.58.9

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

1.58.9

yad anyo vacanaṃ brūyān madvākyabalacoditaḥ
tat sarvam akhilenoktaṃ mamākhyeyam anādṛtam

'And whatever word another might speak, prompted by the force of my message, all of it—spoken in full, disrespectful though it be—must be reported to me.'

Words: yad — whatever; anyo — another; vacanaṃ — word; brūyān — might speak; madvākyabalacoditaḥ — prompted by the force of my message; tat sarvam — all that; akhilenoktaṃ — spoken in full; mamākhyeyam — is to be reported to me; anādṛtam — (even) the disrespectful (word)

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.