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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.46.7
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: Indra agrees → their arrangement settled, they depart for heaven
1.46.7
tasyās tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sahasrākṣaḥ puraṃdaraḥ
uvāca prāñjalir vākyaṃ ditiṃ balaniṣūdanaḥ
Hearing that speech of hers, the thousand-eyed Puraṃdara, slayer of Bala, with palms joined, spoke these words to Diti:
Words: tasyās — of her; tadvacanaṃ — that speech; śrutvā — having heard; sahasrākṣaḥ — the thousand-eyed one; puraṃdaraḥ — Puraṃdara (Indra); uvāca — said, spoke; prāñjalir — with palms joined; vākyaṃ — words; ditiṃ — to Diti; balaniṣūdanaḥ — 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.