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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.59.27
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
1.59.27
sargo 'stu saśarīrasya triśaṅkor asya śāśvataḥ
nakṣatrāṇi ca sarvāṇi māmakāni dhruvāṇy atha
'Let there be for this Triśaṅku, in his own body, an everlasting station; and let all these constellations of mine be fixed and abiding.'
Words: sargo — the station, creation; 'stu — let there be; saśarīrasya — in his own body; triśaṅkor — of Triśaṅku; asya — this; śāśvataḥ — everlasting; nakṣatrāṇi ca — and the constellations; sarvāṇi — all; māmakāni — mine, my own; dhruvāṇy — fixed, permanent; atha — moreover, and
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.