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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.64.2

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 leaves the Himālaya for the east and undertakes a thousand-year vow of silence

1.64.2

maunaṃ varṣasahasrasya kṛtvā vratam anuttamam
cakārāpratimaṃ rāma tapaḥ paramaduṣkaram

Making a peerless vow of silence for a thousand years, he performed, O Rāma, incomparable and exceedingly difficult austerity.

Words: maunaṃ — silence; varṣasahasrasya — of a thousand years; kṛtvā — having made; vratam — vow; anuttamam — peerless; cakārāpratimaṃ — performed incomparable; rāma — O Rāma; tapaḥ — austerity; paramaduṣkaram — exceedingly difficult

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.