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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.61.26

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

1.61.26

sa ca rājā naraśreṣṭha yajñasya ca samāptavān
phalaṃ bahuguṇaṃ rāma sahasrākṣaprasādajam

And that king, O best of men, gained the completion of the sacrifice and its manifold fruit, O Rāma, born of the favor of the thousand-eyed one.

Words: sa ca — and he; rājā — the king; naraśreṣṭha — O best of men; yajñasya — of the sacrifice; ca — and; samāptavān — gained the completion of; phalaṃ — the fruit; bahuguṇaṃ — manifold, of many qualities; rāma — O Rāma; sahasrākṣaprasādajam — born of the favor of the thousand-eyed one

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.