Chapter 11 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 11.48

अगस्त्येन तदा देवैः प्रार्थितेन महर्षिणा। अनुभूय किल श्राद्धे भक्षितः स महासुरः॥

agastyena tadā devaiḥ prārthitena maharṣiṇā| anubhūya kila śrāddhe bhakṣitaḥ sa mahāsuraḥ||

English Meaning

(And it came to pass that once upon a time) the Maharși Agastya, having been invited to a Sraddha, fed on the mighty Asura.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)