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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.62.7
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: she stays, and ten happy years pass
1.62.7
ity uktā sā varārohā tatrāvāsam athākarot
tapaso hi mahāvighno viśvāmitram upāgataḥ
Addressed thus, that fair-hipped one then made her dwelling there; and indeed a great obstacle to his austerity had come upon Viśvāmitra.
Words: ity uktā — thus addressed; sā — she; varārohā — the fair-hipped one; tatrāvāsam — a dwelling there; athākarot — then made; tapaso — of (his) austerity; hi — indeed; mahāvighno — a great obstacle; viśvāmitram — Viśvāmitra; upāgataḥ — came upon, befell
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.