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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.82
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
3.10.82
nāmnā ceyaṃ bhagavato dakṣiṇā dik pradakṣiṇā
prathitā triṣu lokeṣu durdharṣā krūrakarmabhiḥ
And by the name of the venerable one this southern quarter is renowned in the three worlds as ‘auspicious,’ unassailable by the doers of cruel deeds.
Words: nāmnā — by the name; ceyaṃ — and this; bhagavato — of the venerable one; dakṣiṇā — southern; dik — quarter; pradakṣiṇā — auspicious (turned rightward); prathitā — renowned, famed; triṣu — in the three; lokeṣu — in the worlds; durdharṣā — unassailable; krūrakarmabhiḥ — by the doers of cruel 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.