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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.56

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: after the meal Ilvala would call him out, and Vātāpi would tear through their bodies, killing them → the brothers destroyed thousands in this way

3.10.56

tato bhuktavatāṃ teṣāṃ viprāṇām ilvalo 'bravīt
vātāpe niṣkramasveti svareṇa mahatā vadan

Then, when those brahmins had eaten, Ilvala called out in a loud voice, saying: “Vātāpi, come forth!”

Words: tato — then; bhuktavatāṃ — of those who had eaten; teṣāṃ — of those; viprāṇām — of the brahmins; ilvalo — Ilvala; 'bravīt — said; vātāpe — O Vātāpi; niṣkramasveti — 'come forth' — thus; svareṇa — with a voice; mahatā — great, loud; vadan — saying

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.