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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.64.14
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
1.64.14
brāhmaṇyaṃ yadi me prāptaṃ dīrgham āyus tathaiva ca
oṃkāro 'tha vaṣaṭkāro vedāś ca varayantu mām
“If brahminhood has been attained by me, and long life likewise, then let the syllable Oṃ, the exclamation Vaṣaṭ, and the Vedas choose me (as their own).
Words: brāhmaṇyaṃ — brahminhood; yadi — if; me — by me; prāptaṃ — attained; dīrgham — long; āyus — life; tathaiva ca — and likewise; oṃkāro — the syllable Oṃ; 'tha — then; vaṣaṭkāro — the exclamation Vaṣaṭ; vedāś ca — and the Vedas; varayantu — let them choose, accept; mām — me
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.