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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.67.4

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 67: Story of Kabandha. A ṛṣi’s curse and Indra’s thunderbolt produced his deformed body, he asks for cremation to restore his discernment and name a helpful ally

In the sequence: when he frightened Sthūlaśiras while the muni was gathering food, the muni cursed him to retain a hideous form

3.67.4

tenāham uktaḥ prekṣyaivaṃ ghoraśāpābhidhāyinā
etad eva nṛśaṃsaṃ te rūpam astu vigarhitam

“By him, seeing me thus and pronouncing a terrible curse, I was told: ‘Let this very cruel form of yours become loathsome!’

Words: tenāham — by him I; uktaḥ — was told; prekṣyaivaṃ — having seen thus; ghoraśāpābhidhāyinā — by the pronouncer of a terrible curse; etad — this; eva — very; nṛśaṃsaṃ — cruel; te — your; rūpam — form; astu — let it be; vigarhitam — loathsome, reviled

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.