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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.63.14

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.

1.63.14

tasya śāpena mahatā rambhā śailī tadābhavat
vacaḥ śrutvā ca kandarpo maharṣeḥ sa ca nirgataḥ

By his mighty curse Rambhā then became stone; and hearing the great sage's word, Kandarpa too departed.

Words: tasya — his; śāpena mahatā — by the mighty curse; rambhā — Rambhā; śailī — stone; tadābhavat — then became; vacaḥ — the word; śrutvā ca — and having heard; kandarpo — Kandarpa; maharṣeḥ — of the great sage; sa ca — he too; nirgataḥ — departed, went away

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.