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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.64.4

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: his growing power overwhelms Devas, gandharvas, pannagas, asuras and rākṣasas → they tell Brahmā that every attempt to tempt or provoke him has failed and that his unfulfilled wish now threatens the world's stability → oceans churn, mountains crumble, the earth trembles, and the winds are disturbed

1.64.4

tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ pannagāsurarākṣasāḥ
mohitās tejasā tasya tapasā mandaraśmayaḥ
kaśmalopahatāḥ sarve pitāmaham athābruvan

Then the gods together with the gandharvas, serpents, asuras, and rākṣasas, bewildered by his energy, their own radiance dimmed by his austerity, all overcome with faintness, spoke to the Grandsire:

Words: tato — then; devāḥ — the gods; sagandharvāḥ — together with the gandharvas; pannagāsurarākṣasāḥ — the serpents, asuras and rākṣasas; mohitās — bewildered; tejasā — by the energy; tasya — his; tapasā — by the austerity; mandaraśmayaḥ — with dimmed radiance; kaśmalopahatāḥ — overcome with faintness; sarve — all; pitāmaham — to the Grandsire; athābruvan — then said

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.