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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.63.13

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: Rambhā turns to stone, and Kāma departs → Viśvāmitra feels remorse: his anger has again consumed his austerity and shown that he has not mastered his senses.

1.63.13

evam uktvā mahātejā viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ
aśaknuvan dhārayituṃ kopaṃ saṃtāpam āgataḥ

Having spoken thus, the greatly resplendent great sage Viśvāmitra, unable to restrain his anger, fell into remorse.

Words: evam uktvā — having spoken thus; mahātejā — the greatly resplendent one; viśvāmitro — Viśvāmitra; mahāmuniḥ — the great sage; aśaknuvan — being unable; dhārayituṃ — to restrain, hold back; kopaṃ — anger; saṃtāpam — remorse, distress; āgataḥ — came to, fell into

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.