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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.59.23

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: alarmed, the Suras try to reconcile him, repeating that Triśaṅku cannot enter their heaven bodily

1.59.23

tataḥ paramasaṃbhrāntāḥ sarṣisaṃghāḥ surarṣabhāḥ
viśvāmitraṃ mahātmānam ūcuḥ sānunayaṃ vacaḥ

Then, greatly alarmed, the bulls among gods, together with the hosts of seers, spoke conciliatory words to the great-souled Viśvāmitra:

Words: tataḥ — then; paramasaṃbhrāntāḥ — greatly alarmed; sarṣisaṃghāḥ — together with the hosts of seers; surarṣabhāḥ — the bulls among gods; viśvāmitraṃ — to Viśvāmitra; mahātmānam — the great-souled; ūcuḥ — spoke; sānunayaṃ — conciliatory, with entreaty; vacaḥ — words

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.