← 1.59.31 · Bāla Kāṇḍa 59: Story of Viśvāmitra: Triśaṅku’s ascent and suspended heaven · 1.59.33 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.59.32

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 accepts → the sacrifice ends and the assembly disperses. ??

1.59.32

viśvāmitras tu dharmātmā sarvadevair abhiṣṭutaḥ
ṛṣibhiś ca mahātejā bāḍham ity āha devatāḥ

But the righteous Viśvāmitra of great splendour, honoured by all the gods and the seers, said to the deities, 'So be it.'

Words: viśvāmitras — Viśvāmitra; tu — but; dharmātmā — the righteous-souled; sarvadevair — by all the gods; abhiṣṭutaḥ — honoured, praised; ṛṣibhiś ca — and by the seers; mahātejā — of great splendour; bāḍham — 'so be it, very well'; ity — thus; āha — said; devatāḥ — to 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.