Bāla Kāṇḍa 46: Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage · 1.46.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.46.1

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 46: Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage. Diti obtains divine wind-regions for her children, Viśvāmitra recounts Viśālā’s royal lineage and Sumati comes to welcome the travellers

In the sequence: Diti accepts responsibility for breaking the observance and asks Indra to grant her children a divine future

1.46.1

saptadhā tu kṛte garbhe ditiḥ paramaduḥkhitā
sahasrākṣaṃ durādharṣaṃ vākyaṃ sānunayābravīt

When the fetus had been made sevenfold, Diti, deeply grieved, spoke conciliating words to the invincible thousand-eyed one:

Words: saptadhā — sevenfold, into seven; tu — and; kṛte garbhe — when the fetus had been made; ditiḥ — Diti; paramaduḥkhitā — deeply grieved; sahasrākṣaṃ — to the thousand-eyed one (Indra); durādharṣaṃ — invincible, hard to assail; vākyaṃ — words, speech; sānunayābravīt — spoke conciliatingly

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.