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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.53

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 10: Ten years among the hermitages. Māṇḍakarṇi’s lake music is explained, years of visits lead toward Agastya, Rāma recounts his digestion of Vātāpi

In the sequence: he tells Lakṣmaṇa how Agastya made this region safe

3.10.53

ihaikadā kila krūro vātāpir api celvalaḥ
bhrātarau sahitāv āstāṃ brāhmaṇaghnau mahāsurau

Here once, they say, the cruel Vātāpi and Ilvala too, two brothers, great asuras and slayers of brahmins, dwelt together.

Words: ihaikadā — here once; kila — they say, indeed; krūro — cruel; vātāpir — Vātāpi; api — also, too; celvalaḥ — and Ilvala; bhrātarau — the two brothers; sahitāv — together; āstāṃ — dwelt, were; brāhmaṇaghnau — slayers of brahmins; mahāsurau — two great asuras

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.