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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.59.20
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: standing among the ṛṣis like a second creator, he makes another Saptarṣis and new constellations in the southern sky → he threatens to create another Indra or a world without Indra and begins forming new devatās
1.59.20
ṛṣimadhye sa tejasvī prajāpatir ivāparaḥ
sṛjan dakṣiṇamārgasthān saptarṣīn aparān punaḥ
In the midst of the seers, that resplendent one, like a second Prajāpati, creating anew a set of Seven Seers stationed on the southern path,
Words: ṛṣimadhye — in the midst of the seers; sa — he; tejasvī — resplendent, energetic; prajāpatir — Prajāpati (the creator); ivāparaḥ — like a second; sṛjan — creating; dakṣiṇamārgasthān — stationed on the southern path; saptarṣīn — the Seven Seers; aparān — other, new; punaḥ — again, anew
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.