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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.81
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
3.10.81
yadā prabhṛti cākrāntā dig iyaṃ puṇyakarmaṇā
tadā prabhṛti nirvairāḥ praśāntā rajanīcarāḥ
From the time this quarter was taken possession of by the man of holy deeds, from that time the night-rangers have been free of enmity and at peace.
Words: yadā — when; prabhṛti — from the time of, since; cākrāntā — and was taken possession of; dig — the quarter; iyaṃ — this; puṇyakarmaṇā — by the man of holy deeds; tadā — then; prabhṛti — from that time, since; nirvairāḥ — free of enmity; praśāntā — at peace, calmed; rajanīcarāḥ — the night-rangers
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.