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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.62.15

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: After another thousand years, the alarmed Suras ask Brahmā to recognize him as a maharṣi → Brahmā grants that distinction

1.62.15

tasya varṣasahasraṃ tu ghoraṃ tapa upāsataḥ
uttare parvate rāma devatānām abhūd bhayam

As he practiced dreadful austerity for a thousand years on the northern mountain, O Rāma, fear arose among the gods.

Words: tasya — of him, as he; varṣasahasraṃ — for a thousand years; tu — and; ghoraṃ — dreadful; tapa — austerity; upāsataḥ — practicing; uttare — on the northern; parvate — mountain; rāma — O Rāma; devatānām — among the gods; abhūd — arose; bhayam — fear

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.