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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.65

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.

3.10.65

tasyāyam āśramo bhrātus taṭākavanaśobhitaḥ
viprānukampayā yena karmedaṃ duṣkaraṃ kṛtam

This is the hermitage of that brother of his, graced with lakes and woods — the one by whom, out of compassion for the brahmins, this hard deed was done.

Words: tasyāyam — this his; āśramo — hermitage; bhrātus — of the brother; taṭākavanaśobhitaḥ — graced with lakes and woods; viprānukampayā — out of compassion for the brahmins; yena — by whom; karmedaṃ — this deed; duṣkaraṃ — hard to do, difficult; kṛtam — was done

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.