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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.57

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

3.10.57

tato bhrātur vacaḥ śrutvā vātāpir meṣavan nadan
bhittvā bhitvā śarīrāṇi brāhmaṇānāṃ viniṣpatat

Then, hearing his brother's words, Vātāpi, bleating like a ram, would burst forth, tearing apart the bodies of the brahmins.

Words: tato — then; bhrātur — of the brother; vacaḥ — words; śrutvā — having heard; vātāpir — Vātāpi; meṣavan — like a ram; nadan — bleating, crying; bhittvā bhitvā — tearing apart again and again; śarīrāṇi — the bodies; brāhmaṇānāṃ — of the brahmins; viniṣpatat — would burst forth

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.