Chapter 11 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 11.42

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)