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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.48.11

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

1.48.11

tadāgaccha mahāteja āśramaṃ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ
tārayaināṃ mahābhāgām ahalyāṃ devarūpiṇīm

So come, O mighty one, to the hermitage of the holy-deeded (Gautama); redeem this illustrious Ahalyā, of divine form.”

Words: tadāgaccha — then come; mahāteja — O mighty one; āśramaṃ — hermitage; puṇyakarmaṇaḥ — of the holy-deeded one; tārayaināṃ — redeem her; mahābhāgām — the illustrious one; ahalyāṃ — Ahalyā; devarūpiṇīm — of divine form

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.