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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.45.5

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: he agrees on the condition that she remain pure for a full thousand years → he touches her and departs for his own austerities

1.45.5

evaṃ bhavatu bhadraṃ te śucir bhava tapodhane
janayiṣyasi putraṃ tvaṃ śakra hantāram āhave

“So be it; blessings on you; be pure, O you whose wealth is austerity. You shall bring forth a son who will slay Śakra in battle.

Words: evaṃ — so, thus; bhavatu — let it be; bhadraṃ — blessing, good fortune; te — to you; śucir — pure; bhava — be, become; tapodhane — O you whose wealth is austerity; janayiṣyasi — you shall bring forth, bear; putraṃ — a son; tvaṃ — you; śakra — Śakra (Indra); hantāram — a slayer; āhave — in battle

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.