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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.35.22

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: she also curses the earth to possess many forms and many husbands and to lack the joy of a son

1.35.22

evam uktvā surān sarvāñ śaśāpa pṛthivīm api
avane naikarūpā tvaṃ bahubhāryā bhaviṣyasi

Having spoken thus, she cursed all the gods, and the earth as well: “O earth, you shall not have a single form; you shall be the wife of many.

Words: evam — thus; uktvā — having said; surān — the gods; sarvāñ — all; śaśāpa — cursed; pṛthivīm — the earth; api — also; avane — O earth; naikarūpā — not of a single form, of many forms; tvaṃ — you; bahubhāryā — the wife of many; bhaviṣyasi — you shall become

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.