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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.47.25

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 recognizes the impersonation and curses him to lose his potency → Indra's testicles immediately fall to the ground. Gautama also curses Ahalyā to remain in the hermitage for thousands of years, living on air, fasting, lying in ashes, and invisible to living beings

1.47.25

atha dṛṣṭvā sahasrākṣaṃ muniveṣadharaṃ muniḥ
durvṛttaṃ vṛttasaṃpanno roṣād vacanam abravīt

Then the sage, endowed with good conduct, seeing the thousand-eyed one in the sage's garb — the ill-behaved one — spoke these words in wrath:

Words: atha — then; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; sahasrākṣaṃ — the thousand-eyed one; muniveṣadharaṃ — wearing the sage's garb; muniḥ — the sage (Gautama); durvṛttaṃ — the ill-behaved one; vṛttasaṃpanno — endowed with good conduct; roṣād — out of wrath; vacanam — word, speech; abravīt — spoke

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.