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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.48.7

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: the Devas, led by Agni, appeal to the pitṛdevas (ancestral deities), asking them to transfer a ram's testicles to Indra → they promise satisfaction through future offerings of castrated rams

1.48.7

aphalas tu kṛto meṣaḥ parāṃ tuṣṭiṃ pradāsyati
bhavatāṃ harṣaṇārthāya ye ca dāsyanti mānavāḥ

And the ram made barren shall bestow the highest satisfaction; and so too the men who shall offer (such rams) for your gladdening.”

Words: aphalas — made barren, testicle-less; tu — and; kṛto — made; meṣaḥ — ram; parāṃ — supreme, highest; tuṣṭiṃ — satisfaction, contentment; pradāsyati — shall bestow, give; bhavatāṃ — of you, for you; harṣaṇārthāya — for the sake of gladdening; ye — who; ca — and; dāsyanti — shall give, offer; mānavāḥ — men, mortals

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.