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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.63.3
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
1.63.3
ayaṃ surapate ghoro viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ
krodham utsrakṣyate ghoraṃ mayi deva na saṃśayaḥ
tato hi me bhayaṃ deva prasādaṃ kartum arhasi
“This terrible great sage Viśvāmitra, O lord of the gods, will loose his terrible wrath upon me, O god — there is no doubt. Therefore I am afraid, O god; you ought to show me your favor.”
Words: ayaṃ — this; surapate — O lord of the gods; ghoro — terrible; viśvāmitro — Viśvāmitra; mahāmuniḥ — the great sage; krodham — wrath; utsrakṣyate — will loose, cast forth; ghoraṃ — terrible; mayi — upon me; deva — O god; na saṃśayaḥ — (there is) no doubt; tato — therefore; hi — indeed; me — to me, mine; bhayaṃ — fear; deva — O god; prasādaṃ — favor, grace; kartum — to show, do; arhasi — you ought
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.