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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.62.16

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

1.62.16

amantrayan samāgamya sarve sarṣigaṇāḥ surāḥ
maharṣiśabdaṃ labhatāṃ sādhv ayaṃ kuśikātmajaḥ

All the gods, together with the hosts of seers, having assembled, took counsel: “Let this son of Kuśika rightly obtain the title of maharṣi.”

Words: amantrayan — took counsel, deliberated; samāgamya — having assembled; sarve — all; sarṣigaṇāḥ — with the hosts of seers; surāḥ — the gods; maharṣiśabdaṃ — the title of maharṣi; labhatāṃ — let him obtain; sādhv — rightly, well; ayaṃ — this; kuśikātmajaḥ — son of Kuśika

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.