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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.48.3

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

1.48.3

aphalo 'smi kṛtas tena krodhāt sā ca nirākṛtā
śāpamokṣeṇa mahatā tapo 'syāpahṛtaṃ mayā

I have been made impotent by him out of wrath, and she has been cast off; but through a mighty utterance of curse, his austerity has been carried off by me.

Words: aphalo — fruitless, impotent; 'smi — I am; kṛtas — made; tena — by him; krodhāt — out of wrath; sā — she; ca — and; nirākṛtā — cast off, repudiated; śāpamokṣeṇa — by the release/uttering of a curse; mahatā — great; tapo — austerity; 'syāpahṛtaṃ — his (was) carried off; mayā — by me

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.