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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.45.10

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 45: Story of Indra & Diti: Service, broken observance and division. Diti seeks a son to kill Indra, he serves her during her observance and exploits her sleeping posture to enter her body and divide the fetus into seven

In the sequence: Indra attends her faithfully, supplying fire, grass, wood, water, roots, and fruit, massaging her and relieving her fatigue

1.45.10

agniṃ kuśān kāṣṭham apaḥ phalaṃ mūlaṃ tathaiva ca
nyavedayat sahasrākṣo yac cānyad api kāṅkṣitam

The thousand-eyed one supplied fire, kuśa-grass, firewood, water, fruit, and root likewise, and whatever else was desired.

Words: agniṃ — fire; kuśān — kuśa-grasses; kāṣṭham — firewood; apaḥ — water; phalaṃ — fruit; mūlaṃ — root; tathaiva ca — and likewise; nyavedayat — offered, supplied; sahasrākṣo — the thousand-eyed one; yac — whatever; cānyad — and other; api — also, even; kāṅkṣitam — was desired, wished for

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.