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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.61.25

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 61: Story of Viśvāmitra: Two verses save Śunaḥśepa. Śunaḥśepa seeks protection, Viśvāmitra curses his sons for refusing substitution and teaches two verses that preserve the boy’s life and fulfil the sacrifice

In the sequence: Śunaḥśepa praises Indra and Viṣṇu with the verses → pleased, Indra grants him long life → Ambarīṣa obtains the completed sacrifice and its benefits

1.61.25

tataḥ prītaḥ sahasrākṣo rahasyastutitarpitaḥ
dīrgham āyus tadā prādāc chunaḥśepāya rāghava

Then the thousand-eyed one (Indra), pleased, gratified by the secret hymn of praise, granted long life to Śunaḥśepa, O Rāghava.

Words: tataḥ — then; prītaḥ — pleased; sahasrākṣo — the thousand-eyed one (Indra); rahasyastutitarpitaḥ — gratified by the secret hymn of praise; dīrgham — long; āyus — life; tadā — then; prādāc — granted; chunaḥśepāya — to Śunaḥśepa; rāghava — O Rāghava

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.