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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.47.32
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 leaves for austerity on a Himalayan peak.
1.47.32
evam uktvā mahātejā gautamo duṣṭacāriṇīm
imam āśramam utsṛjya siddhacāraṇasevite
himavacchikhare ramye tapas tepe mahātapāḥ
Having spoken thus to the ill-behaved woman, the mighty Gautama abandoned this hermitage and, on a lovely peak of the Himālaya frequented by Siddhas and Cāraṇas, the great ascetic performed his austerity.
Words: evam uktvā — having spoken thus; mahātejā — of great splendour; gautamo — Gautama; duṣṭacāriṇīm — the ill-behaved woman; imam — this; āśramam — hermitage; utsṛjya — having abandoned, left; siddhacāraṇasevite — frequented by Siddhas and Cāraṇas; himavacchikhare — on a peak of the Himālaya; ramye — lovely, delightful; tapas — austerity; tepe — performed; mahātapāḥ — the great ascetic
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.