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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.59.6

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: fearing his anger and curses, they agree → the priests take their places and conduct the sacrifice with Viśvāmitra presiding

1.59.6

agnikalpo hi bhagavāñ śāpaṃ dāsyati roṣitaḥ
tasmāt pravartyatāṃ yajñaḥ saśarīro yathā divam
gacched ikṣvākudāyādo viśvāmitrasya tejasā

'For the venerable one, being like fire, if angered will pronounce a curse; therefore let the sacrifice be set in motion, so that the heir of Ikṣvāku may go to heaven in his own body by the power of Viśvāmitra.'

Words: agnikalpo — like fire (in power); hi — for; bhagavāñ — the venerable one; śāpaṃ — a curse; dāsyati — will give, pronounce; roṣitaḥ — if angered; tasmāt — therefore; pravartyatāṃ — let it be set in motion; yajñaḥ — the sacrifice; saśarīro — with (his) body; yathā — so that; divam — to heaven; gacched — may go; ikṣvākudāyādo — the heir of Ikṣvāku; viśvāmitrasya — of Viśvāmitra; tejasā — by the power, energy

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.