Having stayed overnight at Vishala as an honoured guest of Sumati, Sri Rama, accompanied by Vishvamitra and the other sages, heads towards Mithila (the capital of King Janaka) and, inquiring about it, is told by Vishvamitra how Ahalya, wife of Sage Gautama, whose hermitage it was, was subjected to a curse by her husband.
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Balakanda Sarga 49 (Book 1, Canto 49)

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