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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.48.2

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: Viśvāmitra continues the earlier story: Indra tells the Devas that provoking Gautama's anger served their interests by consuming Gautama's tapas (ascetic power) in a curse → he asks them to restore his potency

1.48.2

kurvatā tapaso vighnaṃ gautamasya mahātmanaḥ
krodham utpādya hi mayā surakāryam idaṃ kṛtam

“In causing an obstruction to the austerity of the great-souled Gautama, by provoking his wrath, I have indeed accomplished this task for the gods.

Words: kurvatā — by (me) making; tapaso — of the austerity; vighnaṃ — an obstruction, hindrance; gautamasya — of Gautama; mahātmanaḥ — the great-souled; krodham — wrath, anger; utpādya — having produced, provoked; hi — indeed; mayā — by me; surakāryam — the task of the gods; idaṃ — this; kṛtam — (has been) done

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.