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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.48.9

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

1.48.9

tadā prabhṛti kākutstha pitṛdevāḥ samāgatāḥ
aphalān bhuñjate meṣān phalais teṣām ayojayan

From that time on, O Kākutstha, the assembled ancestral gods partake of castrated rams; and (the gods) endowed him (Indra) with their fruits (testicles).

Words: tadā prabhṛti — from that time on; kākutstha — O Kākutstha; pitṛdevāḥ — the ancestral gods (Pitṛs); samāgatāḥ — assembled; aphalān — castrated, barren; bhuñjate — partake of, enjoy; meṣān — rams; phalais — with the fruits (testicles); teṣām — of them; ayojayan — joined, endowed (with)

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.