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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.64.15

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

1.64.15

kṣatravedavidāṃ śreṣṭho brahmavedavidām api
brahmaputro vasiṣṭho mām evaṃ vadatu devatāḥ
yady ayaṃ paramaḥ kāmaḥ kṛto yāntu surarṣabhāḥ

Let Vasiṣṭha, son of Brahmā, best of those who know the Kṣatra-veda and of those who know the Brahma-veda, address me thus, O gods. If this, my highest wish, has been fulfilled, let the bulls among the gods depart.”

Words: kṣatravedavidāṃ — of the knowers of the Kṣatra-veda; śreṣṭho — the best; brahmavedavidām — of the knowers of the Brahma-veda; api — also; brahmaputro — the son of Brahmā; vasiṣṭho — Vasiṣṭha; mām — me; evaṃ — thus; vadatu — let him address, say; devatāḥ — O gods; yady — if; ayaṃ — this; paramaḥ — highest; kāmaḥ — wish; kṛto — fulfilled, done; yāntu — let them go; surarṣabhāḥ — the bulls among gods

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.