Bāla Kāṇḍa 24: Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse · 1.24.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.24.1

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 24: Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse. Brahmā grants Suketu a powerful daughter, Tāṭakā marries Sunda and bears Mārīca, their attack on Agastya brings his transforming curses

In the sequence: Rāma asks how Tāṭakā can possess such extraordinary strength

1.24.1

atha tasyāprameyasya muner vacanam uttamam
śrutvā puruṣaśārdūlaḥ pratyuvāca śubhāṃ giram

Then, having heard the excellent speech of that immeasurable sage, the tiger among men replied with an auspicious word:

Words: atha — then; tasyāprameyasya — of that immeasurable one; muner — of the sage; vacanam — speech; uttamam — excellent; śrutvā — having heard; puruṣaśārdūlaḥ — the tiger among men; pratyuvāca — replied; śubhāṃ — auspicious; giram — word, speech

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.