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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.60.16

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 60: Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice. Indra steals Ambarīṣa’s sacrificial victim, the King purchases Śunaḥśepa after the boy’s parents reserve their eldest and youngest sons

In the sequence: Ṛcīka refuses to sell the eldest, and the mother insists on keeping the youngest, Śunaka

1.60.16

ṛcīkasya vacaḥ śrutvā teṣāṃ mātā mahātmanām
uvāca naraśārdūlam ambarīṣaṃ tapasvinī

Hearing Ṛcīka's words, the ascetic mother of those great-souled sons said to Ambarīṣa, the tiger among men:

Words: ṛcīkasya — Ṛcīka's; vacaḥ — words; śrutvā — having heard; teṣāṃ — of those; mātā — the mother; mahātmanām — of the great-souled (sons); uvāca — said; naraśārdūlam — to the tiger among men; ambarīṣaṃ — to Ambarīṣa; tapasvinī — the ascetic (woman)

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.