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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.45.6

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

1.45.6

pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu śucir yadi bhaviṣyasi
putraṃ trailokya hantāraṃ mattas tvaṃ janayiṣyasi

When a full thousand years is complete, if you shall have remained pure, you shall bring forth from me a son who will slay (the lord of) the three worlds.

Words: pūrṇe — full, complete; varṣasahasre — (when) a thousand years; tu — and, but; śucir — pure; yadi — if; bhaviṣyasi — you shall be, remain; putraṃ — a son; trailokya — the three worlds; hantāraṃ — a slayer of; mattas — from me; tvaṃ — you; janayiṣyasi — you shall bring forth

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.