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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.39.23

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 39: Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction. The sons pass the elephants supporting the earth and find the horse beside Kapila, they accuse him of theft and his “huṃ” reduces them to ashes

In the sequence: digging northeast, they find Kapila with the horse grazing nearby

1.39.23

tataḥ prāguttarāṃ gatvā sāgarāḥ prathitāṃ diśam
roṣād abhyakhanan sarve pṛthivīṃ sagarātmajāḥ

Then, going to the famed north-eastern quarter, all the sons of Sagara in their fury dug up the earth.

Words: tataḥ — then; prāguttarāṃ — north-eastern; gatvā — having gone; sāgarāḥ — the sons of Sagara; prathitāṃ — famed, renowned; diśam — quarter; roṣād — out of fury; abhyakhanan — dug up, dug into; sarve — all; pṛthivīṃ — the earth; sagarātmajāḥ — Sagara's sons

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.