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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.47.10

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 47: Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses. Indra takes Gautama’s form and unites with Ahalyā, Gautama curses him to lose his testicles and her to remain invisible until Rāma’s arrival

In the sequence: near Janaka's city, Rāma notices a beautiful but deserted hermitage and asks about it

1.47.10

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā munayaḥ sarve janakasya purīṃ śubhām
sādhu sādhv iti śaṃsanto mithilāṃ samapūjayan

Seeing that lovely city of Janaka, all the sages, exclaiming 'Excellent! Excellent!', extolled Mithilā.

Words: tāṃ — that; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; munayaḥ — the sages; sarve — all; janakasya — of Janaka; purīṃ — city; śubhām — lovely, auspicious; sādhu — excellent, well done; sādhv iti — 'excellent!' thus; śaṃsanto — praising, extolling; mithilāṃ — Mithilā; samapūjayan — honoured, extolled

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.