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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.47.4

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: Sumati asks who the two splendid, armed youths are and why they have come on foot along this difficult route

1.47.4

yadṛcchayaiva gāṃ prāptau devalokād ivāmarau
kathaṃ padbhyām iha prāptau kimarthaṃ kasya vā mune

come to earth as if by mere chance, like two immortals from the world of the gods — how have they come here on foot, for what purpose, and whose (sons) are they, O sage?

Words: yadṛcchayaiva — by mere chance; gāṃ — the earth; prāptau — (the two) arrived; devalokād — from the world of the gods; ivāmarau — like two immortals; kathaṃ — how; padbhyām — on foot, by their two feet; iha — here; prāptau — (the two) arrived; kimarthaṃ — for what purpose; kasya — whose; vā — or; mune — O sage

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.