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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.64.26

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: Janaka praises Viśvāmitra's life, power, and visit → although he would gladly hear more, sunset and the ritual duties require him to leave

1.64.26

aprameyaṃ tapas tubhyam aprameyaṃ ca te balam
aprameyā guṇāś caiva nityaṃ te kuśikātmaja

Immeasurable is your austerity, immeasurable your strength, and ever immeasurable your virtues too, O son of Kuśika.

Words: aprameyaṃ — immeasurable; tapas — austerity; tubhyam — of you, yours; aprameyaṃ — immeasurable; ca — and; te — your; balam — strength; aprameyā — immeasurable; guṇāś caiva — and virtues too; nityaṃ — ever; te — your; kuśikātmaja — O son of Kuśika

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.