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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.48.10

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 48: Indra’s restoration; Ahalyā released by Rāma. Viśvāmitra recounts the pitṛdevas ’ transfer of a ram’s testicles to Indra, then Rāma enters the hermitage and Ahalyā’s hospitality ends her curse

In the sequence: the pitṛdevas make the transfer → Indra thereafter bears a ram's testicles, and such rams become offerings for the pitṛdevas. Returning to the present journey, Viśvāmitra invites Rāma to enter and release Ahalyā

1.48.10

indras tu meṣavṛṣaṇas tadā prabhṛti rāghava
gautamasya prabhāvena tapasaś ca mahātmanaḥ

And Indra, O Rāghava, from that time on bore a ram's testicles, through the power of the great-souled Gautama and of his austerity.

Words: indras — Indra; tu — and; meṣavṛṣaṇas — having a ram's testicles; tadā prabhṛti — from that time on; rāghava — O Rāghava; gautamasya — of Gautama; prabhāvena — through the power, might; tapasaś ca — and of the austerity; mahātmanaḥ — of the great-souled one

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.