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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.47.26

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

1.47.26

mama rūpaṃ samāsthāya kṛtavān asi durmate
akartavyam idaṃ yasmād viphalas tvaṃ bhaviṣyati

“Having assumed my form, you have done, O evil-minded one, this that ought never to be done; therefore you shall become impotent.”

Words: mama — my; rūpaṃ — form, appearance; samāsthāya — having assumed, taken on; kṛtavān — you have done; asi — you are; durmate — O evil-minded one; akartavyam — what ought not to be done; idaṃ — this; yasmād — because, since; viphalas — fruitless, impotent; tvaṃ — you; bhaviṣyati — shall become (=bhaviṣyasi)

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.