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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.48.19

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: puṣpavṛṣṭi (flower-rain) falls, devadundubhis (divine drums) sound, and gandharvas and apsarases gather to honour her purification

1.48.19

puṣpavṛṣṭir mahaty āsīd devadundubhinisvanaiḥ
gandharvāpsarasāṃ cāpi mahān āsīt samāgamaḥ

There was a great rain of flowers, amid the sounds of the celestial drums; and there was also a great gathering of Gandharvas and Apsarases.

Words: puṣpavṛṣṭir — a rain of flowers; mahaty — great; āsīd — there was; devadundubhinisvanaiḥ — with the sounds of the divine drums; gandharvāpsarasāṃ — of Gandharvas and Apsarases; cāpi — and also; mahān — great; āsīt — there was; samāgamaḥ — gathering, assembly

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.