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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.64.19
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: Viśvāmitra honors Vasiṣṭha and thereafter wanders the earth established in austerity. Śatānanda's long account now ends, returning the narrative to Janaka's assembly with Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa present
1.64.19
kṛtakāmo mahīṃ sarvāṃ cacāra tapasi sthitaḥ
evaṃ tv anena brāhmaṇyaṃ prāptaṃ rāma mahātmanā
His wish fulfilled, he wandered over all the earth, established in austerity. Thus was brahminhood attained by this great-souled one, O Rāma.
Words: kṛtakāmo — his wish fulfilled; mahīṃ — the earth; sarvāṃ — all, whole; cacāra — wandered; tapasi — in austerity; sthitaḥ — established, abiding; evaṃ — thus; tv — and, indeed; anena — by this (one); brāhmaṇyaṃ — brahminhood; prāptaṃ — attained; rāma — O Rāma; mahātmanā — by the great-souled one
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.