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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.47.5

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

1.47.5

bhūṣayantāv imaṃ deśaṃ candrasūryāv ivāmbaram
parasparasya sadṛśau pramāṇeṅgitaceṣṭitaiḥ

adorning this land as the moon and sun adorn the sky, resembling each other in stature, gesture, and movement?

Words: bhūṣayantāv — (the two) adorning; imaṃ — this; deśaṃ — land, region; candrasūryāv — the moon and sun; ivāmbaram — as the sky; parasparasya — of each other; sadṛśau — resembling, alike; pramāṇeṅgitaceṣṭitaiḥ — in stature, gesture, and movement

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.