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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.38.23

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 38: Story of Sagara: The stolen horse and the earth’s excavation. Indra steals the sacrificial horse, Sagara sends his sixty thousand sons to dig for it and the devastation drives the earth’s inhabitants to Brahmā

In the sequence: terrified divine and subterranean beings appeal to Brahmā, reporting that the princes accuse creatures indiscriminately and kill them as supposed horse-thieves.

1.38.23

tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ sāsurāḥ sahapannagāḥ
saṃbhrāntamanasaḥ sarve pitāmaham upāgaman

Then the gods, together with the gandharvas, the asuras, and the serpents, all with agitated minds, approached the Grandsire.

Words: tato — then; devāḥ — the gods; sagandharvāḥ — with the gandharvas; sāsurāḥ — with the asuras; sahapannagāḥ — together with the serpents; saṃbhrāntamanasaḥ — with agitated minds; sarve — all; pitāmaham — the Grandsire; upāgaman — approached

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.