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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.63.8

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

1.63.8

kokilasya tu śuśrāva valgu vyāharataḥ svanam
saṃprahṛṣṭena manasā tata enām udaikṣata

He heard the sweet note of the cuckoo singing melodiously; and with a thoroughly delighted mind he then looked up at her.

Words: kokilasya — of the cuckoo; tu — and; śuśrāva — heard; valgu — sweet, lovely; vyāharataḥ — as it uttered, sang; svanam — the note, sound; saṃprahṛṣṭena — with thoroughly delighted; manasā — mind; tata — then; enām — at her; udaikṣata — looked up

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.