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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.46.2

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

1.46.2

mamāparādhād garbho 'yaṃ saptadhā viphalīkṛtaḥ
nāparādho 'sti deveśa tavātra balasūdana

“Through my own fault this fetus was rendered fruitless sevenfold; there is no fault of yours in this, O lord of gods, O slayer of Bala.

Words: mamāparādhād — through my fault; garbho — the fetus; 'yaṃ — this; saptadhā — sevenfold; viphalīkṛtaḥ — rendered fruitless; nāparādho — there is no fault; 'sti — is; deveśa — O lord of gods; tavātra — of yours in this; balasūdana — O slayer of Bala

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.