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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.63.5

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

1.63.5

kokilo hṛdayagrāhī mādhave ruciradrume
ahaṃ kandarpasahitaḥ sthāsyāmi tava pārśvataḥ

(Becoming) a heart-captivating cuckoo in the springtime, among the lovely trees, I, together with Kandarpa (the god of love), will stand at your side.

Words: kokilo — a cuckoo; hṛdayagrāhī — heart-captivating; mādhave — in the springtime (month of Mādhava); ruciradrume — among the lovely trees; ahaṃ — I; kandarpasahitaḥ — together with Kandarpa; sthāsyāmi — will stand; tava — your; pārśvataḥ — at the side

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.