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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.60

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: when Ilvala called his brother, Agastya explained that Vātāpi was dead and could not emerge

3.10.60

tataḥ saṃpannam ity uktvā dattvā hastāvasecanam
bhrātaraṃ niṣkramasveti ilvalaḥ so 'bhyabhāṣata

Then, saying “It is finished,” and giving water for rinsing the hands, that Ilvala called to his brother, “Come forth!”

Words: tataḥ — then; saṃpannam — it is done, finished; ity — thus; uktvā — having said; dattvā — having given; hastāvasecanam — water for rinsing the hands; bhrātaraṃ — to the brother; niṣkramasveti — 'come forth' — thus; ilvalaḥ — Ilvala; so — he; 'bhyabhāṣata — said, addressed

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.