Chapter 57 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 57.5

पूर्व समभवत्तत्र अगस्त्यो भगवानृषिः। नाहं सुतस्तवेत्युक्त्वा मित्रं तस्मादपाक्रमत्॥

pūrva samabhavattatra agastyo bhagavānṛṣiḥ| nāhaṃ sutastavetyuktvā mitraṃ tasmādapākramat||

English Meaning

At first therefrom rose up the illustrious Rși Agastya and saying 'I am not your son' Varuņa was thrown into the pot Mitra.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)