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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.48.14

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 brothers follow him inside → Rāma sees her radiance, strengthened by austerity, like fire through smoke, moonlight through mist, or sunlight amid water → Gautama's curse had kept her concealed until this arrival

1.48.14

prayatnān nirmitāṃ dhātrā divyāṃ māyāmayīm iva
dhūmenābhiparītāṅgīṃ pūrṇacandraprabhām iva

created with effort by the Creator, divine, as if wrought of illusion, her limbs enwrapped as if by smoke, like the radiance of the full moon (veiled) —

Words: prayatnān — with effort; nirmitāṃ — created, fashioned; dhātrā — by the Creator (Dhātṛ); divyāṃ — divine; māyāmayīm — made of illusion; iva — as if, like; dhūmenābhiparītāṅgīṃ — with limbs enveloped as if by smoke; pūrṇacandraprabhām — the radiance of the full moon; iva — like

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.