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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.36.15

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 36: Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses. Gaṅgā releases Agni’s unbearable embryo onto the mountain, its radiance produces minerals and six Kṛttikās nurse the child who becomes the Devas’ commander

In the sequence: burning and overwhelmed, Gaṅgā says that she cannot bear his surging energy

1.36.15

tam uvāca tato gaṅgā sarvadevapurohitam
aśaktā dhāraṇe deva tava tejaḥ samuddhatam
dahyamānāgninā tena saṃpravyathitacetanā

Then Gaṅgā, burning with that fire, her consciousness sorely agitated, said to him, the household-priest of all the gods: “I am unable, O god, to bear your surging energy.”

Words: tam — him; uvāca — said; tato — then; gaṅgā — Gaṅgā; sarvadevapurohitam — the household-priest of all the gods; aśaktā — unable; dhāraṇe — in bearing (loc.); deva — O god; tava — your; tejaḥ — energy; samuddhatam — surging, violently raised; dahyamānāgninā — being burnt by the fire; tena — by that; saṃpravyathitacetanā — her consciousness sorely agitated

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.