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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.63.7
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 assumes an enchanting form and approaches → Viśvāmitra hears the cuckoo and her song and looks at her with pleasure
1.63.7
sā śrutvā vacanaṃ tasya kṛtvā rūpam anuttamam
lobhayām āsa lalitā viśvāmitraṃ śucismitā
Having heard his word, she assumed a peerless form, and the graceful one, sweetly smiling, sought to entice Viśvāmitra.
Words: sā — she; śrutvā — having heard; vacanaṃ — word; tasya — his; kṛtvā — having assumed; rūpam — form; anuttamam — peerless; lobhayām āsa — sought to entice, tempted; lalitā — the graceful one; viśvāmitraṃ — Viśvāmitra; śucismitā — of bright, pure smile
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.