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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.47.24

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: Gautama returns wet from his sacred bath, blazing like fire, carrying fuel and kuśa grass → seeing him, Indra grows terrified

1.47.24

dṛṣṭvā surapatis trasto viṣaṇṇavadano 'bhavat

seeing whom, the lord of the gods became terrified, his face downcast.

Words: dṛṣṭvā — having seen; surapatis — the lord of the gods (Indra); trasto — terrified, alarmed; viṣaṇṇavadano — with dejected face; 'bhavat — became

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.