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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.64.11

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 64: Story of Viśvāmitra: Restraint and recognition as brahmarṣi. A thousand years of silence and restraint win Brahmā’s recognition as brahmarṣi, Vasiṣṭha confirms the attainment and Śatānanda’s account ends

In the sequence: Brahmā and the Suras approach, address him as brahmarṣi, acknowledge that he has attained brāhmaṇa status, and grant long life

1.64.11

brahmarṣe svāgataṃ te 'stu tapasā sma sutoṣitāḥ
brāhmaṇyaṃ tapasogreṇa prāptavān asi kauśika

“O brahmarṣi, welcome to you! We are well pleased by your austerity. By your fierce austerity you have attained brahminhood, O Kauśika.

Words: brahmarṣe — O brahmarṣi; svāgataṃ te 'stu — welcome to you; tapasā — by (your) austerity; sma — (emphatic particle); sutoṣitāḥ — well pleased; brāhmaṇyaṃ — brahminhood; tapasogreṇa — by (your) fierce austerity; prāptavān asi — you have attained; kauśika — O Kauśika

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.