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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.63.15

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.

1.63.15

kopena sa mahātejās tapo 'paharaṇe kṛte
indriyair ajitai rāma na lebhe śāntim ātmanaḥ

Since his austerity had been robbed through anger, and his senses were still unconquered, O Rāma, he found no peace of mind.

Words: kopena — through anger; sa — he; mahātejās — the greatly resplendent; tapo 'paharaṇe kṛte — his austerity having been robbed; indriyair — by the senses; ajitai — unconquered; rāma — O Rāma; na lebhe — did not find; śāntim — peace; ātmanaḥ — of himself, of mind

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.