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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.48.8

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 pitṛdevas make the transfer → Indra thereafter bears a ram's testicles, and such rams become offerings for the pitṛdevas. Returning to the present journey, Viśvāmitra invites Rāma to enter and release Ahalyā

1.48.8

agnes tu vacanaṃ śrutvā pitṛdevāḥ samāgatāḥ
utpāṭya meṣavṛṣaṇau sahasrākṣe nyavedayan

Hearing Agni's words, the assembled ancestral gods tore out the ram's testicles and presented them to the thousand-eyed one.

Words: agnes — of Agni; tu — and; vacanaṃ — words; śrutvā — having heard; pitṛdevāḥ — the ancestral gods (Pitṛs); samāgatāḥ — assembled, gathered; utpāṭya — having torn out; meṣavṛṣaṇau — the ram's two testicles; sahasrākṣe — to the thousand-eyed one; nyavedayan — presented, offered

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.