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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.59.25

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 insists that his promise must stand and asks for a permanent place for the King and his new stars

1.59.25

teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā devānāṃ munipuṃgavaḥ
abravīt sumahad vākyaṃ kauśikaḥ sarvadevatāḥ

Hearing that word of the gods, the bull among sages, Kauśika, spoke a very weighty word to all the deities:

Words: teṣāṃ — their; tadvacanaṃ — that word; śrutvā — having heard; devānāṃ — of the gods; munipuṃgavaḥ — the bull among sages; abravīt — spoke; sumahad vākyaṃ — a very weighty word; kauśikaḥ — Kauśika; sarvadevatāḥ — to all the deities

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.