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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.35.21
Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 35: Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Restrained union and Umā’s curses. The Devas interrupt Śiva & Umā’s union, his released energy transforms the earth through Agni & Vāyu, Umā curses the Devas and the earth
In the sequence: Umā, furious that they prevented her from obtaining a son, curses them never to beget children through their own wives
1.35.21
yasmān nivāritā caiva saṃgatā putrakāmyayā
apatyaṃ sveṣu dāreṣu notpādayitum arhatha
adya prabhṛti yuṣmākam aprajāḥ santu patnayaḥ
“Because I was hindered, though I had come together (with my husband) out of a desire for a son — may you never beget offspring upon your own wives; from this day forth let your wives be childless!”
Words: yasmān — because; nivāritā — hindered, prevented; caiva — and, indeed; saṃgatā — come together, united; putrakāmyayā — out of a desire for a son; apatyaṃ — offspring, progeny; sveṣu — on your own; dāreṣu — on (your) wives; notpādayitum — not to beget; arhatha — you shall (be able); adya — from today; prabhṛti — henceforth, beginning from; yuṣmākam — your; aprajāḥ — childless; santu — let (them) be; patnayaḥ — wives
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.