Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 1.49
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1.49.1
अफलस्तु ततः शक्रो देवानग्निपुरोगमान्।
अब्रवीत् त्रस्तनयनः सिद्धगन्धर्वचारणान् ॥ १.४९.१ ॥
Then Indra, his eyes filled with fear, spoke to the gods led by Agni, and to the Siddhas, Gandharvas and Cāraṇas.
1.49.2
कुर्वता तपसो विघ्नं गौतमस्य महात्मनः।
क्रोधमुत्पाद्य हि मया सुरकार्यमिदं कृतम् ॥ १.४९.२ ॥
By obstructing the penance of the great-souled Gautama and provoking his anger, I have accomplished the task of the gods.
1.49.3
अफलोऽस्मि कृतस्तेन क्रोधात् सा च निराकृता।
शापमोक्षेण महता तपोऽस्यापहृतं मया ॥ १.४९.३ ॥
In anger he made me without fruit, and he rejected that woman. Under the pretext of releasing her from the curse, I have robbed him of his great penance.
1.49.4
तन्मां सुरवराः सर्वे सर्षिसङ्घाः सचारणाः।
सुरकार्यकरं यूयं सफलं कर्तुमर्हथ ॥ १.४९.४ ॥
Therefore, best of gods, all of you together with the hosts of sages and the Cāraṇas ought to make fruitful again me, who have performed the task of the gods.
1.49.5
शतक्रतोर्वचः श्रुत्वा देवाः साग्निपुरोगमाः।
पितृदेवानुपेत्याहुः सर्वे सह मरुद्गणैः ॥ १.४९.५ ॥
Hearing Indra's words, the gods led by Agni, together with the hosts of Maruts, approached the Pitṛ-gods and all of them spoke.
1.49.6
अयं मेषः सवृषणः शक्रो ह्यवृषणः कृतः।
मेषस्य वृषणौ गृह्य शक्रायाशु प्रयच्छत ॥ १.४९.६ ॥
This ram has testicles, while Indra has been made without testicles. Take both testicles of the ram and quickly give them to Indra.
1.49.7
अफलस्तु कृतो मेषः परां तुष्टिं प्रदास्यति।
भवतां हर्षणार्थं च ये च दास्यन्ति मानवाः।
अक्षयं हि फलं तेषां यूयं दास्यथ पुष्कलम् ॥ १.४९.७ ॥
Though the ram has now been made fruitless, it will bestow supreme satisfaction upon you. And those men who give gifts for your delight, you will grant them imperishable and abundant fruit.
1.49.8
अग्नेस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा पितृदेवाः समागताः।
उत्पाट्य मेषवृषणौ सहस्राक्षे न्यवेशयन् ॥ १.४९.८ ॥
Having heard Agni's words, the ancestral gods assembled; uprooting the ram's testicles, they fixed them upon Indra, the thousand-eyed one.
1.49.9
तदाप्रभृति काकुत्स्थ पितृदेवाः समागताः।
अफलान् भुञ्जते मेषान् फलैस्तेषामयोजयन् ॥ १.४९.९ ॥
From that time on, O descendant of Kakutstha, the ancestral gods gather and partake of the fruitless rams, and they join offerings of fruits for them.
1.49.10
इन्द्रस्तु मेषवृषणस्तदाप्रभृति राघव।
गौतमस्य प्रभावेण तपसा च महात्मनः ॥ १.४९.१० ॥
But Indra, bearing the ram's testicles from that time, O Rāghava, remained so by the power and austerity of the great-souled Gautama.
1.49.11
तदागच्छ महातेज आश्रमं पुण्यकर्मणः।
तारयैनां महाभागामहल्यां देवरूपिणीम् ॥ १.४९.११ ॥
Therefore, O mighty-splendored one, come to the hermitage of the meritorious one, and deliver this greatly fortunate Ahalyā, who has a divine form.
1.49.12
विश्वामित्रवचः श्रुत्वा राघवः सहलक्ष्मणः।
विश्वामित्रं पुरस्कृत्य आश्रमं प्रविवेश ह ॥ १.४९.१२ ॥
Having heard Viśvāmitra's words, Rāghava together with Lakṣmaṇa, placing Viśvāmitra in front, entered the hermitage.
1.49.13
ददर्श च महाभागां तपसा द्योतितप्रभाम्।
लोकैरपि समागम्य दुर्निरीक्ष्यां सुरासुरैः ॥ १.४९.१३ ॥
They saw her, greatly fortunate, her radiance made bright by austerity, hard to look upon even when the worlds, gods and demons gathered together.
1.49.14
प्रयत्नान्निर्मितां धात्रा दिव्यां मायामयीमिव।
धूमेनाभिपरीतांगीं दीप्तामग्निशिखामिव ॥ १.४९.१४ ॥
As if she had been fashioned with great effort by the Creator, a divine thing made of illusion; her limbs wrapped in smoke, like a blazing flame of fire.
1.49.15
सतुषारावृतां साभ्रां पूर्णचन्द्रप्रभामिव।
मध्येऽम्भसो दुराधर्षां दीप्तां सूर्यप्रभामिव ॥ १.४९.१५ ॥
Like the radiance of the full moon covered with frost and clouds; in the midst of water, hard to approach, shining like the radiance of the sun.
1.49.16
सा हि गौतमवाक्येन दुर्निरीक्ष्या बभूव ह।
त्रयाणामपि लोकानां यावद् रामस्य दर्शनम्।
शापस्यान्तमुपागम्य तेषां दर्शनमागता ॥ १.४९.१६ ॥
By Gautama's word she had become hard to see for even the three worlds, until Rāma's sight; having reached the end of the curse, she came to be seen by them.
1.49.17
राघवौ तु तदा तस्याः पादौ जगृहतुर्मुदा।
स्मरन्ती गौतमवचः प्रतिजग्राह सा हि तौ ॥ १.४९.१७ ॥
Then the two scions of Raghu joyfully seized her feet; remembering Gautama's word, she welcomed both of them.
1.49.18
पाद्यमर्घ्यं तथाऽऽतिथ्यं चकार सुसमाहिता।
प्रतिजग्राह काकुत्स्थो विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ॥ १.४९.१८ ॥
With a composed mind she performed the offering of water for the feet, the offering of water, and hospitality; the Kākutstha accepted it through the rite prescribed by rule.
1.49.19
पुष्पवृष्टिर्महत्यासीद् देवदुन्दुभिनिःस्वनैः।
गन्धर्वाप्सरसां चैव महानासीत् समुत्सवः ॥ १.४९.१९ ॥
A great shower of flowers fell amid the sounds of the gods' drums, and the Gandharvas and Apsarases held a great festival.
1.49.20
साधु साध्विति देवास्तामहल्यां समपूजयन्।
तपोबलविशुद्धाङ्गीं गौतमस्य वशानुगाम् ॥ १.४९.२० ॥
"Well done, well done," said the gods, and they fully honored that Ahalyā, whose body had been purified by the power of penance and who had remained devoted to Gautama.
1.49.21
गौतमोऽपि महातेजा अहल्यासहितः सुखी।
रामं सम्पूज्य विधिवत् तपस्तेपे महातपाः ॥ १.४९.२१ ॥
Gautama, of great splendor, too was happy with Ahalyā; having honored Rāma according to rule, that man of great austerity performed penance.
1.49.22
रामोऽपि परमां पूजां गौतमस्य महामुनेः।
सकाशाद् विधिवत् प्राप्य जगाम मिथिलां ततः ॥ १.४९.२२ ॥
Rāma too, having received supreme honor from the great sage Gautama according to rule, then set out for Mithilā.