Chapter 17 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 17.42

न्यस्ता सागरतोये वा पाताले वापि मैथिलीम्। आनयेयं तवादेशाच्छेतामश्वतरीमिव॥

nyastā sāgaratoye vā pātāle vāpi maithilīm| ānayeyaṃ tavādeśācchetāmaśvatarīmiva||

English Meaning

Whether in the deep ocean or in the region under the earth, I shall bring your Maithili like to an Asyatar* Here is an allusion. A prince of Daityas, named Hayagriva, stole the Vedas at the end of Kalpa; in the recovery of them he was slain by Vişnu after his descent as Matshya.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)