सर्गः ४७
In which Sumati feasts Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, Rāma questions empty hermitage near Mithilā, and Viśvāmitra tells Gautama curse on Indra and Ahalyā awaiting Rāma
Sumati asks Viśvāmitra about two armed princes — Viśvāmitra recounts Siddhāśrama stay and Rākṣasa slaying — Sumati honors Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa as guests overnight — Princes depart for Mithilā as sages applaud Mithilā — Rāma notices empty hermitage and asks its history — Viśvāmitra names it Gautama āśrama shared with Ahalyā — Indra in sage disguise seduces consenting Ahalyā — Gautama catches fleeing Indra and curses away his testicles — Gautama dooms Ahalyā invisible until Rāma frees her and leaves for Himālaya