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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.64.13

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: delighted, Viśvāmitra asks that Oṃ, Vaṣaṭ, and the Vedas accept him and that Vasiṣṭha personally acknowledge his status

1.64.13

pitāmahavacaḥ śrutvā sarveṣāṃ ca divaukasām
kṛtvā praṇāmaṃ mudito vyājahāra mahāmuniḥ

Having heard the word of the Grandsire and of all the dwellers of heaven, the great sage, delighted, made obeisance and said:

Words: pitāmahavacaḥ — the word of the Grandsire; śrutvā — having heard; sarveṣāṃ ca — and of all; divaukasām — of the dwellers of heaven; kṛtvā — having made; praṇāmaṃ — obeisance, a bow; mudito — delighted; vyājahāra — spoke, uttered; mahāmuniḥ — the great sage

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.