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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.35.5

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: The brothers ask for the fuller account of Gaṅgā's three paths

1.35.5

tathā bruvati kākutsthe viśvāmitras tapodhanaḥ
nikhilena kathāṃ sarvām ṛṣimadhye nyavedayat

As Kākutstha spoke thus, Viśvāmitra, rich in austerity, related the whole tale in full in the midst of the seers:

Words: tathā — thus; bruvati kākutsthe — as Kākutstha spoke; viśvāmitras — Viśvāmitra; tapodhanaḥ — rich in austerity; nikhilena — wholly, entirely; kathāṃ — the tale; sarvām — all, the whole; ṛṣimadhye — in the midst of the seers; nyavedayat — related, made known

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.