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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.47.9

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

1.47.9

tataḥ paramasatkāraṃ sumateḥ prāpya rāghavau
uṣya tatra niśām ekāṃ jagmatur mithilāṃ tataḥ

Then the two Rāghavas, having received supreme hospitality from Sumati and spent one night there, went thence to Mithilā.

Words: tataḥ — then; paramasatkāraṃ — supreme hospitality; sumateḥ — from Sumati; prāpya — having received, obtained; rāghavau — the two Rāghavas; uṣya — having dwelt, stayed; tatra — there; niśām — night; ekāṃ — one; jagmatur — the two went; mithilāṃ — to Mithilā; tataḥ — thence, then

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.