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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.44.25

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 44: Story of Indra: Ocean churning and the struggle for nectar. The Devas and asuras churn the ocean for freedom from death, contend over its gifts and fight for the nectar, Indra’s side gains sovereignty

In the sequence: a destructive battle breaks out over the nectar → Aditi's sons defeat and kill Diti's sons, and Indra gains sovereignty over the worlds.

1.44.25

atha tasya kṛte rāma mahān āsīt kulakṣayaḥ
adites tu tataḥ putrā diteḥ putrāṇa sūdayan

Then, O Rāma, for the sake of it (the nectar) there arose a great destruction of the race; and thereupon the sons of Aditi slew the sons of Diti.

Words: atha — then; tasya — of it, for it; kṛte — for the sake of; rāma — O Rāma; mahān — great; āsīt — there was, arose; kulakṣayaḥ — destruction of the race; adites — of Aditi; tu — but, and; tataḥ — then, thereupon; putrā — sons; diteḥ — of Diti; putrāṇa — the sons (=putrān); sūdayan — slew, destroyed

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.