निगृह्य तरसा मृत्युं लोकानां हितकाम्यया। यस्य भ्रात्रा कृतेयं दिक्शरण्या पुण्यकर्मणा॥
nigṛhya tarasā mṛtyuṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā| yasya bhrātrā kṛteyaṃ dikśaraṇyā puṇyakarmaṇā||
English Meaning
The righteous Agastya it is who, wishing for the welfare of the worlds, destroying by virtue of his austerities a Daitya resembling Death, has rendered this quarter habitable.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)