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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.47.27
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
1.47.27
gautamenaivam uktasya saroṣeṇa mahātmanā
petatur vṛṣaṇau bhūmau sahasrākṣasya tatkṣaṇāt
When he had been thus addressed by the wrathful great-souled Gautama, the two testicles of the thousand-eyed one fell to the ground that very instant.
Words: gautamenaivam — by Gautama thus; uktasya — of the one addressed; saroṣeṇa — wrathful, angry; mahātmanā — by the great-souled one; petatur — the two fell; vṛṣaṇau — the two testicles; bhūmau — on the ground; sahasrākṣasya — of the thousand-eyed one; tatkṣaṇāt — that very instant
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.