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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.48.20

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

1.48.20

sādhu sādhv iti devās tām ahalyāṃ samapūjayan
tapobalaviśuddhāṅgīṃ gautamasya vaśānugām

“Excellent! Excellent!” — thus the gods honoured Ahalyā, her body purified by the power of austerity, obedient to Gautama's will.

Words: sādhu — excellent; sādhv iti — 'excellent!' thus; devās — the gods; tām — her; ahalyāṃ — Ahalyā; samapūjayan — honoured, extolled; tapobalaviśuddhāṅgīṃ — with body purified by the power of austerity; gautamasya — of Gautama; vaśānugām — obedient to the will

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.