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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.48.4

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

1.48.4

tan māṃ suravarāḥ sarve sarṣisaṃghāḥ sacāraṇāḥ
surasāhyakaraṃ sarve saphalaṃ kartum arhatha

Therefore, all you best of gods, with the hosts of sages and the Cāraṇas — all of you ought to make me, the helper of the gods, potent again.”

Words: tan — therefore, so; māṃ — me; suravarāḥ — best of gods; sarve — all; sarṣisaṃghāḥ — with the hosts of sages; sacāraṇāḥ — with the Cāraṇas; surasāhyakaraṃ — the helper of the gods; sarve — all; saphalaṃ — potent, fruitful; kartum — to make; arhatha — you ought

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.