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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.47.7

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: Viśvāmitra recounts Siddhāśrama and the defeat of the rākṣasas → Sumati honors Daśaratha's sons, who stay overnight before continuing toward Mithilā

1.47.7

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā yathāvṛtthaṃ nyavedayat
siddhāśramanivāsaṃ ca rākṣasānāṃ vadhaṃ tathā

Hearing that speech of his, he (Viśvāmitra) related it just as it had happened — the sojourn at Siddhāśrama and likewise the slaying of the rākṣasas.

Words: tasya — his; tad vacanaṃ — that speech; śrutvā — having heard; yathāvṛtthaṃ — just as it had happened; nyavedayat — related, made known; siddhāśramanivāsaṃ — the sojourn at Siddhāśrama; ca — and; rākṣasānāṃ — of the rākṣasas; vadhaṃ — the slaying; tathā — likewise

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.