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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.59.31

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: the Suras agree that the constellations may remain outside the sun's course and that Triśaṅku may shine among them, head downward, like an immortal

1.59.31

nakṣatrāṇi muniśreṣṭha teṣu jyotiḥṣu jājvalan
avākśirās triśaṅkuś ca tiṣṭhatv amarasaṃnibhaḥ

'the constellations, O best of sages; and among those luminaries, blazing, head downward, let Triśaṅku too remain, like an immortal.'

Words: nakṣatrāṇi — the constellations; muniśreṣṭha — O best of sages; teṣu jyotiḥṣu — among those luminaries; jājvalan — blazing (intensely); avākśirās — head downward; triśaṅkuś ca — and Triśaṅku; tiṣṭhatv — let (him) remain; amarasaṃnibhaḥ — like an immortal

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.