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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.39.9

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

1.39.9

teṣāṃ tad vacanaṃ śrutvā putrāṇāṃ rājasattamaḥ
samanyur abravīd vākyaṃ sagaro raghunandana

Hearing that word of his sons, the best of kings, Sagara, in anger spoke this word, O joy of the Raghus:

Words: teṣāṃ — their, of them; tad — that; vacanaṃ — word; śrutvā — having heard; putrāṇāṃ — of the sons; rājasattamaḥ — the best of kings; samanyur — angry, wrathful; abravīd — spoke; vākyaṃ — word; sagaro — Sagara; raghunandana — O joy of the Raghus

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.