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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.59.9
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
1.59.9
ṛtvijaś cānupūrvyeṇa mantravan mantrakovidāḥ
cakruḥ sarvāṇi karmāṇi yathākalpaṃ yathāvidhi
And the officiating priests, skilled in the mantras, performed all the rites in due order, with the mantras, according to the ritual manual and the prescribed rule.
Words: ṛtvijaś — the officiating priests; cānupūrvyeṇa — and in due order; mantravan — with the mantras; mantrakovidāḥ — skilled in the mantras; cakruḥ — performed; sarvāṇi karmāṇi — all the rites; yathākalpaṃ — according to the ritual manual; yathāvidhi — according to the prescribed rule
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.