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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.59

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: at the Devas' request, Agastya accepted a śrāddha feast and digested Vātāpi

3.10.59

agastyena tadā devaiḥ prārthitena maharṣiṇā
anubhūya kila śrāddhe bhakṣitaḥ sa mahāsuraḥ

Then by the great seer Agastya, entreated by the gods, that great asura was, they say, consumed and digested at the śrāddha.

Words: agastyena — by Agastya; tadā — then; devaiḥ — by the gods; prārthitena — entreated, besought; maharṣiṇā — by the great seer; anubhūya — having consumed and digested; kila — they say; śrāddhe — at the śrāddha; bhakṣitaḥ — eaten, consumed; sa — that; mahāsuraḥ — great asura

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.