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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.63.12
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
1.63.12
brāhmaṇaḥ sumahātejās tapobalasamanvitaḥ
uddhariṣyati rambhe tvāṃ matkrodhakaluṣīkṛtām
A brahmin of very great splendor, endowed with the power of austerity, will deliver you, O Rambhā, defiled by my wrath.”
Words: brāhmaṇaḥ — a brahmin; sumahātejās — of very great splendor; tapobalasamanvitaḥ — endowed with the power of austerity; uddhariṣyati — will deliver, lift up; rambhe — O Rambhā; tvāṃ — you; matkrodhakaluṣīkṛtām — defiled by my wrath
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.