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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.63.11

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 63: Story of Viśvāmitra: Rambhā and the failure to master anger. Indra sends Rambhā to tempt him, Viśvāmitra turns her to stone and realizes that anger has again consumed his austerity

In the sequence: suspicion follows → recognizing Indra's scheme, he angrily curses her to remain stone for ten thousand years, until a powerful brāhmaṇa frees her

1.63.11

yan māṃ lobhayase rambhe kāmakrodhajayaiṣiṇam
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi śailī sthāsyasi durbhage

“Since you seek to tempt me, O Rambhā, who strive to conquer desire and anger, you shall stand as stone for ten thousand years, O luckless one.

Words: yan — since, in that; māṃ — me; lobhayase — you tempt, entice; rambhe — O Rambhā; kāmakrodhajayaiṣiṇam — striving to conquer desire and anger; daśavarṣasahasrāṇi — for ten thousand years; śailī — (as) stone, rock; sthāsyasi — you shall stand, remain; durbhage — O luckless one

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.