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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.45.9

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

1.45.9

tapas tasyāṃ hi kurvatyāṃ paricaryāṃ cakāra ha
sahasrākṣo naraśreṣṭha parayā guṇasaṃpadā

While she was performing that austerity, O best of men, the thousand-eyed one (Indra) rendered her service with the highest excellence of virtue.

Words: tapas — austerity; tasyāṃ hi kurvatyāṃ — while she was performing; paricaryāṃ — service, attendance; cakāra — did, rendered; ha — indeed; sahasrākṣo — the thousand-eyed one (Indra); naraśreṣṭha — O best of men; parayā — with the highest, supreme; guṇasaṃpadā — excellence of virtue

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.