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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.62.25

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 62: Story of Viśvāmitra: Menakā and the unfinished mastery of desire. Menakā interrupts his austerity for ten years, renewed effort wins the rank of maharṣi, but Brahmā withholds brahmarṣi until his senses are mastered

In the sequence: after a thousand years of this ordeal, the Suras grow deeply alarmed → Indra turns to Rambhā to interrupt him.

1.62.25

saṃbhramaḥ sumahān āsīt surāṇāṃ vāsavasya ca
rambhām apsarasaṃ śakraḥ saha sarvair marudgaṇaiḥ

A very great alarm came upon the gods and upon Vāsava (Indra); and Śakra, together with all the hosts of Maruts, (spoke) to the apsaras Rambhā —

Words: saṃbhramaḥ — alarm, agitation; sumahān — very great; āsīt — was, arose; surāṇāṃ — of the gods; vāsavasya ca — and of Vāsava (Indra); rambhām — Rambhā; apsarasaṃ — the apsaras; śakraḥ — Śakra (Indra); saha — together with; sarvair — all; marudgaṇaiḥ — the hosts of Maruts

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.