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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.48.15

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

1.48.15

satuṣārāvṛtāṃ sābhrāṃ pūrṇacandraprabhām iva
madhye 'mbhaso durādharṣāṃ dīptāṃ sūryaprabhām iva

like the radiance of the full moon veiled by mist and cloud; unassailable in the midst of the waters, blazing like the light of the sun —

Words: satuṣārāvṛtāṃ — veiled by mist/frost; sābhrāṃ — with cloud; pūrṇacandraprabhām — the radiance of the full moon; iva — like; madhye — in the middle; 'mbhaso — of the water; durādharṣāṃ — unassailable; dīptāṃ — blazing, shining; sūryaprabhām — the radiance of the sun; iva — like

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.