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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.47.11

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

1.47.11

mithilopavane tatra āśramaṃ dṛśya rāghavaḥ
purāṇaṃ nirjanaṃ ramyaṃ papraccha munipuṃgavam

There in a grove near Mithilā, Rāghava, seeing an ancient hermitage, deserted yet lovely, asked the bull among sages:

Words: mithilopavane — in the grove near Mithilā; tatra — there; āśramaṃ — a hermitage; dṛśya — having seen; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; purāṇaṃ — ancient, old; nirjanaṃ — deserted, unpeopled; ramyaṃ — lovely, delightful; papraccha — asked; munipuṃgavam — the bull among sages

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.