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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.62.12

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 62: Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire. Menakā interrupts his austerity for ten years, renewed effort wins the rank of maharṣi, but Brahmā withholds brahmarṣi until his senses are mastered

In the sequence: realizing how much time he has lost, he becomes ashamed and interprets the interruption as the Suras' design against his austerity

1.62.12

viniḥśvasan munivaraḥ paścāt tāpena duḥkhitaḥ

Sighing deeply, the best of sages, afterward pained by remorse...

Words: viniḥśvasan — sighing deeply; munivaraḥ — the best of sages; paścāt — afterward; tāpena — by burning remorse; duḥkhitaḥ — pained, grieved

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.