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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.59.2
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: Viśvāmitra asks the assembled ṛṣis to help send Triśaṅku bodily to heaven
1.59.2
ayam ikṣvākudāyādas triśaṅkur iti viśrutaḥ
dharmiṣṭhaś ca vadānyaś ca māṃ caiva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
svenānena śarīreṇa devalokajigīṣayā
'This heir of Ikṣvāku, renowned as Triśaṅku, most righteous and liberal, has come to me for refuge—in this his own body, out of a desire to win the world of the gods.'
Words: ayam — this; ikṣvākudāyādas — heir of Ikṣvāku; triśaṅkur — Triśaṅku; iti viśrutaḥ — renowned as; dharmiṣṭhaś ca — and most righteous; vadānyaś ca — and liberal, generous; māṃ caiva — and to me; śaraṇaṃ gataḥ — come for refuge; svenānena śarīreṇa — in this his own body; devalokajigīṣayā — out of a desire to win the world of the gods
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.