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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.59.18

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: Indra rejects him as one afflicted by his teacher's curse and orders him to fall headfirst → falling, Triśaṅku cries to Viśvāmitra for help. Viśvāmitra commands him to stop

1.59.18

evam ukto mahendreṇa triśaṅkur apatat punaḥ
vikrośamānas trāhīti viśvāmitraṃ tapodhanam

Thus addressed by great Indra, Triśaṅku fell again, crying out 'Save me!' to Viśvāmitra, whose wealth was austerity.

Words: evam ukto — thus addressed; mahendreṇa — by great Indra; triśaṅkur — Triśaṅku; apatat — fell; punaḥ — again; vikrośamānas — crying out; trāhīti — 'save (me)!' thus; viśvāmitraṃ — to Viśvāmitra; tapodhanam — whose wealth is austerity

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.