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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.35.23

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

1.35.23

na ca putrakṛtāṃ prītiṃ matkrodhakaluṣī kṛtā
prāpsyasi tvaṃ sudurmedhe mama putram anicchatī

And, defiled by my wrath, you shall not obtain the joy that a son brings, O most foolish one, since you did not wish for a son of mine.”

Words: na — not; ca — and; putrakṛtāṃ — produced by a son, arising from a son; prītiṃ — joy, delight; matkrodhakaluṣī — defiled by my wrath; kṛtā — made, rendered; prāpsyasi — you shall obtain; tvaṃ — you; sudurmedhe — O most foolish one; mama — of me, my; putram — a son; anicchatī — not desiring, unwilling

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.