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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.62.13

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: seeing Menakā trembling before him, he dismisses her gently → he moves north to the Kauśikī and resolves to master his senses.

1.62.13

bhītām apsarasaṃ dṛṣṭvā vepantīṃ prāñjaliṃ sthitām
menakāṃ madhurair vākyair visṛjya kuśikātmajaḥ
uttaraṃ parvataṃ rāma viśvāmitro jagāma ha

Seeing the apsaras Menakā frightened, trembling, standing with palms joined, the son of Kuśika dismissed her with gentle words; and Viśvāmitra went, O Rāma, to a mountain in the north.

Words: bhītām — frightened; apsarasaṃ — the apsaras; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; vepantīṃ — trembling; prāñjaliṃ — with palms joined; sthitām — standing; menakāṃ — Menakā; madhurair — with gentle, sweet; vākyair — words; visṛjya — having dismissed, sent away; kuśikātmajaḥ — the son of Kuśika; uttaraṃ — northern; parvataṃ — mountain; rāma — O Rāma; viśvāmitro — Viśvāmitra; jagāma — went; ha — indeed

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.