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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.47.12

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

1.47.12

śrīmadāśramasaṃkāśaṃ kiṃ nv idaṃ munivarjitam
śrotum icchāmi bhagavan kasyāyaṃ pūrva āśramaḥ

“Resembling a glorious hermitage, yet devoid of any sage — what then is this? I wish to hear, O venerable one, whose hermitage this was of old.”

Words: śrīmadāśramasaṃkāśaṃ — resembling a glorious hermitage; kiṃ — what; nv — then, indeed; idaṃ — this; munivarjitam — devoid of sages; śrotum — to hear; icchāmi — I wish; bhagavan — O venerable one; kasyāyaṃ — whose is this; pūrva — former, of old; āśramaḥ — hermitage

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.