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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.39.5

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: after searching and digging without finding the horse, the sons return to Sagara → he angrily sends them back to dig farther

1.39.5

sagarasya ca putrāṇāṃ prādur āsīn mahātmanām
pṛthivyāṃ bhidyamānāyāṃ nirghāta sama niḥsvanaḥ

And as the earth was being torn open by the great-souled sons of Sagara, there arose a din like a thunderclap.

Words: sagarasya — of Sagara; ca — and; putrāṇāṃ — of the sons; prādur — forth, into manifestation; āsīn — there arose; mahātmanām — of the great-souled; pṛthivyāṃ — the earth (loc.); bhidyamānāyāṃ — being torn open (loc.); nirghāta — thunderclap, whirlwind; sama — equal to, like; niḥsvanaḥ — a din, sound

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.