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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.59.24

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

1.59.24

ayaṃ rājā mahābhāga guruśāpaparikṣataḥ
saśarīro divaṃ yātuṃ nārhaty eva tapodhana

'This king, O illustrious one, wounded by the teacher's curse, is not fit to go to heaven in his own body, O you whose wealth is austerity.'

Words: ayaṃ — this; rājā — king; mahābhāga — O illustrious one; guruśāpaparikṣataḥ — wounded by the teacher's curse; saśarīro — in his own body; divaṃ — to heaven; yātuṃ — to go; nārhaty eva — is not at all fit; tapodhana — O you 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.