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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.62.3

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 the thousand years, Brahmā recognizes Viśvāmitra as a ṛṣi → Viśvāmitra continues his austerities

1.62.3

tam evam uktvā deveśas tridivaṃ punar abhyagāt
viśvāmitro mahātejā bhūyas tepe mahat tapaḥ

Having thus spoken to him, the lord of the gods went back again to heaven; and Viśvāmitra of great splendor once more performed great austerity.

Words: tam — him; evam — thus; uktvā — having spoken; deveśas — the lord of the gods; tridivaṃ — to heaven; punar — again; abhyagāt — went (back); viśvāmitro — Viśvāmitra; mahātejā — of great splendor; bhūyas — again, further; tepe — performed austerity; mahat — great; tapaḥ — austerity

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.