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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.59.15
Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 59: Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven. Indra rejects the ascending Triśaṅku, Viśvāmitra halts his fall and creates southern stars, the Devas agree to let him remain suspended among them
In the sequence: angrily raising the ladle, he invokes his own accumulated austerity and commands Triśaṅku to ascend → before the munis' eyes, the King rises in his physical body
1.59.15
uktavākye munau tasmin saśarīro nareśvaraḥ
divaṃ jagāma kākutstha munīnāṃ paśyatāṃ tadā
When that sage had spoken, the lord of men, in his own body, went to heaven, O Kākutstha, as the sages looked on.
Words: uktavākye — when (he) had spoken (loc. abs.); munau tasmin — (of) that sage (loc.); saśarīro — in his own body; nareśvaraḥ — the lord of men; divaṃ — to heaven; jagāma — went; kākutstha — O Kākutstha; munīnāṃ paśyatāṃ — as the sages looked on (gen. abs.); tadā — then
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.