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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.50.6

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 50: Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King. Śatānanda confirms Ahalyā’s release, then recounts how King Viśvāmitra’s travels with his army brought him to Vasiṣṭha’s hermitage

In the sequence: he asks whether his mother was seen and received Rāma, whether her history was told, whether his parents reunited, and whether Rāma and Gautama exchanged honors

1.50.6

api rāmāya kathitaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ purātanam
mama mātur mahātejo devena duranuṣṭhitam

O mighty one, was the ancient event, just as it happened — that ill deed done to my mother by the god (Indra) — told to Rāma?

Words: api — (interrogative particle); rāmāya — to Rāma; kathitaṃ — told, related; yathāvṛttaṃ — just as it happened; purātanam — ancient, of old; mama — my; mātur — of the mother; mahātejo — O mighty one; devena — by the god (Indra); duranuṣṭhitam — ill done, wrongly performed

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.