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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.79
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: he describes Agastya's protection of the southern region and his command restraining the Vindhya mountain from growing across the sun's path
3.10.79
nigṛhya tarasā mṛtyuṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā
dakṣiṇā dik kṛtā yena śaraṇyā puṇyakarmaṇā
By whom, of holy deeds, forcibly restraining death out of desire for the good of the worlds, the southern quarter was made a refuge —
Words: nigṛhya — having restrained; tarasā — forcibly; mṛtyuṃ — death; lokānāṃ — of the worlds; hitakāmyayā — out of desire for (their) good; dakṣiṇā — southern; dik — the quarter; kṛtā — made; yena — by whom; śaraṇyā — a refuge, safe; puṇyakarmaṇā — of holy deeds
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.