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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.44.26

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.

1.44.26

aditer ātmajā vīrā diteḥ putrān nijaghnire
tasmin ghore mahāyuddhe daiteyādityayor bhṛśam

The valiant sons of Aditi violently slew the sons of Diti in that terrible, great battle between the Daiteyas and the Ādityas.

Words: aditer — of Aditi; ātmajā — sons; vīrā — valiant, heroic; diteḥ — of Diti; putrān — the sons; nijaghnire — slew, killed; tasmin — in that; ghore — terrible, dreadful; mahāyuddhe — great battle; daiteyādityayor — of the Daiteyas and the Ādityas; bhṛśam — violently, exceedingly

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.