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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.39.26

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

1.39.26

asmākaṃ tvaṃ hi turagaṃ yajñiyaṃ hṛtavān asi
durmedhas tvaṃ hi saṃprāptān viddhi naḥ sagarātmajān

“You have stolen our sacrificial horse! Know, O dull-witted one, that we who have come upon you are the sons of Sagara!”

Words: asmākaṃ — our; tvaṃ — you; hi — indeed; turagaṃ — the horse; yajñiyaṃ — sacrificial; hṛtavān — have stolen, carried off; asi — you are; durmedhas — O dull-witted one; tvaṃ — you; hi — indeed; saṃprāptān — (us) who have arrived, come upon you; viddhi — know!; naḥ — us; sagarātmajān — the sons of Sagara

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.