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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.24.19

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 24: Story of Tāṭakā: Birth, marriage and Agastya’s curse. Brahmā grants Suketu a powerful daughter, Tāṭakā marries Sunda and bears Mārīca, their attack on Agastya brings his transforming curses

In the sequence: he cites Indra killing Virocana's daughter Mantharā when she threatened to destroy the earth, and Viṣṇu killing Bhṛgu's wife, the mother of Śukra, when she sought a world without Indra.

1.24.19

etaiś cānyaiś ca bahubhī rājaputramahātmabhiḥ
adharmaniratā nāryo hatāḥ puruṣasattamaiḥ

By these and by many other great-souled princes, the best of men, women bent on unrighteousness have been slain.

Words: etaiś — by these; cānyaiś — and by others; ca — and; bahubhī — by many; rājaputramahātmabhiḥ — by great-souled princes; adharmaniratā — bent on unrighteousness; nāryo — women; hatāḥ — slain; puruṣasattamaiḥ — by the best of men

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.