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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.44.22

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 44: Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar. The Devas and asuras churn the ocean for freedom from death, contend over its gifts and fight for the nectar, Indra’s side gains sovereignty

In the sequence: Vāruṇī, Varuṇa's daughter, arises seeking acceptance → Diti's sons reject her and Aditi's accept her, a distinction connected here with the names Asura and Sura and with surā, liquor

1.44.22

diteḥ putrā na tāṃ rāma jagṛhur varuṇātmajām
adites tu sutā vīra jagṛhus tām aninditām

The sons of Diti did not accept her, the daughter of Varuṇa, O Rāma; but the sons of Aditi, O hero, accepted her, the blameless one.

Words: diteḥ — of Diti; putrā — sons; na — not; tāṃ — her; rāma — O Rāma; jagṛhur — took, accepted; varuṇātmajām — the daughter of Varuṇa; adites — of Aditi; tu — but; sutā — sons; vīra — O hero; jagṛhus — took, accepted; tām — her; aninditām — the blameless one

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.