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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.47.21

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: afterward she urges him to leave quickly and protect them both → he says he is satisfied and hurries out, afraid of Gautama

1.47.21

indras tu prahasan vākyam ahalyām idam abravīt
suśroṇi parituṣṭo 'smi gamiṣyāmi yathāgatam

But Indra, laughing, spoke these words to Ahalyā: “O fair-hipped one, I am well satisfied; I shall go as I came.”

Words: indras — Indra; tu — but; prahasan — laughing, smiling; vākyam — words; ahalyām — to Ahalyā; idam — this; abravīt — said; suśroṇi — O fair-hipped one; parituṣṭo — well satisfied; 'smi — I am; gamiṣyāmi — I shall go; yathāgatam — as I came

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.