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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.59.8
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
1.59.8
evam uktvā maharṣayaḥ saṃjahrus tāḥ kriyās tadā
yājakāś ca mahātejā viśvāmitro 'bhavat kratau
Having spoken thus, the great seers then carried out those rites and served as officiants; and Viśvāmitra of great splendour became (chief priest) at the sacrifice.
Words: evam uktvā — having spoken thus; maharṣayaḥ — the great seers; saṃjahrus — carried out, performed; tāḥ kriyās — those rites; tadā — then; yājakāś ca — and (were) the officiants; mahātejā — of great splendour; viśvāmitro — Viśvāmitra; 'bhavat — became; kratau — at the sacrifice
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.