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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.39.6

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

1.39.6

tato bhittvā mahīṃ sarvāṃ kṛtvā cāpi pradakṣiṇam
sahitāḥ sagarāḥ sarve pitaraṃ vākyam abruvan

Then, having broken open the whole earth and circumambulated it, all Sagara's sons together spoke this word to their father:

Words: tato — then; bhittvā — having broken open; mahīṃ — the earth; sarvāṃ — whole, entire; kṛtvā — having made; cāpi — and also; pradakṣiṇam — circumambulation; sahitāḥ — together, united; sagarāḥ — the Sagaras (Sagara's sons); sarve — all; pitaraṃ — to (their) father; vākyam — word; abruvan — spoke

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.