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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.63.9

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: suspicion follows → recognizing Indra's scheme, he angrily curses her to remain stone for ten thousand years, until a powerful brāhmaṇa frees her

1.63.9

atha tasya ca śabdena gītenāpratimena ca
darśanena ca rambhāyā muniḥ saṃdeham āgataḥ

Then, at that sound, and at the incomparable song, and at the sight of Rambhā, the sage grew suspicious.

Words: atha — then; tasya ca — and of that; śabdena — by the sound; gītenāpratimena ca — and by the incomparable song; darśanena ca — and by the sight; rambhāyā — of Rambhā; muniḥ — the sage; saṃdeham — suspicion, doubt; āgataḥ — came to, grew

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.