Ahalyā having said this, Gautama replied:In the race of Ikşvākus, there shall be born a highly effulgent and mighty car-warrior, known in the world as Răma; for performing the rites of a Brahmana, the mighty-armed Visnu, assuming a human form, shall repair to the forest. You shall be purified when you shall behold him, O fair damsel. He shall be able to purify you from the iniquity perpetrated.
अहल्यया त्वेवमुक्तः प्रत्युवाच स गौतमः। उत्पत्स्यति महातेजा इक्ष्वाकूणां महारथः॥ रामो नाम श्रुतो लोके वनं चाप्युपयास्यति। ब्राह्मणार्थे महाबाहुर्विष्णुर्मानुषविग्रहः।॥ तं द्रक्ष्यसि यदा भद्रे ततः पूता भविष्यसि। स हि पावयितुं शक्तस्त्वया यदुष्कृतं कृतम्॥