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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.24.8

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: she grew in beauty and youth, was given in marriage to Sunda, son of Jambha, and later bore Mārīca

1.24.8

kasya cit tv atha kālalsya yakṣī putraṃ vyajāyata
mārīcaṃ nāma durdharṣaṃ yaḥ śāpād rākṣaso 'bhavat

And after some time the yakṣī bore a son, Mārīca by name, invincible, who by a curse became a rākṣasa.

Words: kasya — of some; cit — some (indef.); tv — but; atha — then; kālalsya — of time; yakṣī — the yakṣī; putraṃ — a son; vyajāyata — bore, gave birth to; mārīcaṃ — Mārīca; nāma — by name; durdharṣaṃ — invincible; yaḥ — who; śāpād — by a curse; rākṣaso — a rākṣasa; 'bhavat — became

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.