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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.64

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: Ilvala rushed at him in anger, and Agastya burned him to death with a glance.

3.10.64

so 'bhyadravad dvijendraṃ taṃ muninā dīptatejasā
cakṣuṣānalakalpena nirdagdho nidhanaṃ gataḥ

He rushed at that lord of the twice-born, but, burnt up by the sage of blazing splendour with a glance like fire, he met his death.

Words: so — he; 'bhyadravad — rushed at; dvijendraṃ — the lord of the twice-born; taṃ — that; muninā — by the sage; dīptatejasā — of blazing splendour; cakṣuṣānalakalpena — with a glance like fire; nirdagdho — burnt up; nidhanaṃ — death, destruction; gataḥ — went to, met

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.