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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.59.28
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
1.59.28
yāval lokā dhariṣyanti tiṣṭhantv etāni sarvaśaḥ
matkṛtāni surāḥ sarve tad anujñātum arhatha
'As long as the worlds shall endure, let all these, made by me, remain in every way; O gods, you all ought to consent to this.'
Words: yāval — as long as; lokā — the worlds; dhariṣyanti — will endure, will last; tiṣṭhantv — let (them) remain; etāni — these; sarvaśaḥ — in every way, wholly; matkṛtāni — made by me; surāḥ — O gods; sarve — all; tad — this, that; anujñātum arhatha — you ought to consent to
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.