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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.46.9
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
1.46.9
evaṃ tau niścayaṃ kṛtvā mātāputrau tapovane
jagmatus tridivaṃ rāma kṛtārthāv iti naḥ śrutam
Having thus made their resolve, the mother and son in the penance-grove went to heaven, O Rāma, their purpose accomplished — so we have heard.
Words: evaṃ — thus; tau — the two; niścayaṃ — resolve, decision; kṛtvā — having made; mātāputrau — mother and son; tapovane — in the penance-grove; jagmatus — the two went; tridivaṃ — to heaven, the third heaven; rāma — O Rāma; kṛtārthāv — their purpose accomplished; iti — thus; naḥ — by us; śrutam — (it is) heard
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.