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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.10.83
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
3.10.83
mārgaṃ niroddhuṃ satataṃ bhāskarasyācalottamaḥ
saṃdeśaṃ pālayaṃs tasya vindhyaśaulo na vardhate
Keeping his command, the Vindhya, best of mountains, does not grow, so as forever to block the path of the sun.
Words: mārgaṃ — the path; niroddhuṃ — to block, obstruct; satataṃ — constantly, forever; bhāskarasyācalottamaḥ — of the sun... the best of mountains; saṃdeśaṃ — the command; pālayaṃs — keeping, observing; tasya — his; vindhyaśaulo — the Vindhya mountain; na — not; vardhate — grows, increases
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.