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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.63.2

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: she protests that she fears Viśvāmitra's wrath → Indra reassures her, promising to support her in springtime as a cuckoo, with Kāma beside him

1.63.2

tathoktā sāpsarā rāma sahasrākṣeṇa dhīmatā
vrīḍitā prāñjalir bhūtvā pratyuvāca sureśvaram

Addressed thus, O Rāma, by the wise thousand-eyed one, that apsaras, embarrassed, with palms joined, replied to the lord of the gods:

Words: tathoktā — thus addressed; sāpsarā — that apsaras; rāma — O Rāma; sahasrākṣeṇa — by the thousand-eyed one; dhīmatā — by the wise one; vrīḍitā — embarrassed, ashamed; prāñjalir — with palms joined; bhūtvā — having become; pratyuvāca — replied; sureśvaram — to the lord of the gods

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.