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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.47.30

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: he declares that Rāma's arrival and her hospitality to him will bring purification, recovery of her form, and reunion with himself

1.47.30

yadā caitad vanaṃ ghoraṃ rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ
āgamiṣyati durdharṣas tadā pūtā bhaviṣyasi

And when Rāma, the unassailable son of Daśaratha, shall come to this terrible forest, then you shall become purified.

Words: yadā — when; caitad — and this; vanaṃ — forest; ghoraṃ — terrible, dreadful; rāmo — Rāma; daśarathātmajaḥ — son of Daśaratha; āgamiṣyati — shall come; durdharṣas — unassailable; tadā — then; pūtā — purified, cleansed; bhaviṣyasi — you shall become

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.