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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.64.8

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

1.64.8

buddhiṃ na kurute yāvan nāśe deva mahāmuniḥ
tāvat prasādyo bhagavān agnirūpo mahādyutiḥ

Before the great sage sets his mind upon destruction, O god, the venerable one, fire-formed and of great brilliance, must be propitiated.

Words: buddhiṃ — his mind, intent; na kurute — does not set, before he sets; yāvan — as long as, before; nāśe — upon destruction; deva — O god; mahāmuniḥ — the great sage; tāvat — so long, meanwhile; prasādyo — to be propitiated; bhagavān — the venerable one; agnirūpo — fire-formed; mahādyutiḥ — of great brilliance

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.