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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.39.25

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: assuming that he stole it, they rush at him and demand that he stand and face Sagara's sons

1.39.25

te taṃ yajñahanaṃ jñātvā krodhaparyākulekṣaṇāḥ
abhyadhāvanta saṃkruddhās tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābruvan

Taking him for the wrecker of the sacrifice, their eyes rolling with rage, they charged at him in fury, crying, “Stand! Stand!”

Words: te — they; taṃ — him; yajñahanaṃ — the wrecker of the sacrifice; jñātvā — having taken (him) to be, knowing; krodhaparyākulekṣaṇāḥ — their eyes agitated with anger; abhyadhāvanta — charged at, rushed upon; saṃkruddhās — enraged; tiṣṭha — ‘Stand!’; tiṣṭheti — ‘stand!’ (thus they cried); cābruvan — and said

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.