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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.62.14

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.

1.62.14

sa kṛtvā naiṣṭhikīṃ buddhiṃ jetukāmo mahāyaśāḥ
kauśikītīram āsādya tapas tepe sudāruṇam

The greatly glorious one, having made a firm resolve and wishing to conquer (his senses), reached the bank of the Kauśikī and performed most terrible austerity.

Words: sa — he; kṛtvā — having made; naiṣṭhikīṃ — firm, resolute; buddhiṃ — resolve, mind; jetukāmo — wishing to conquer; mahāyaśāḥ — the greatly glorious one; kauśikītīram — the bank of the Kauśikī; āsādya — having reached; tapas — austerity; tepe — performed; sudāruṇam — most terrible

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.