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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.63.6

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

1.63.6

tvaṃ hi rūpaṃ bahuguṇaṃ kṛtvā paramabhāsvaram
tam ṛṣiṃ kauśikaṃ rambhe bhedayasva tapasvinam

You, having assumed a form of many charms and supremely radiant, break down that ascetic seer Kauśika, O Rambhā.”

Words: tvaṃ — you; hi — indeed; rūpaṃ — form, beauty; bahuguṇaṃ — of many charms; kṛtvā — having made, assumed; paramabhāsvaram — supremely radiant; tam — that; ṛṣiṃ — seer; kauśikaṃ — Kauśika; rambhe — O Rambhā; bhedayasva — break down, cause to swerve; tapasvinam — the ascetic

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.