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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.64.3
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: despite becoming as motionless as wood and enduring repeated obstacles, he gives anger no opening
1.64.3
pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu kāṣṭhabhūtaṃ mahāmunim
vighnair bahubhir ādhūtaṃ krodho nāntaram āviśat
When the thousand years were complete, though the great sage, become like a log of wood, was shaken by many obstacles, anger found no opening in him.
Words: pūrṇe — complete; varṣasahasre — a thousand years; tu — and; kāṣṭhabhūtaṃ — become like a log of wood; mahāmunim — the great sage; vighnair — by obstacles; bahubhir — many; ādhūtaṃ — shaken, agitated; krodho — anger; nāntaram — no opening, no interval; āviśat — entered
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.