Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 12: Agastya Requests Rāma to Protect the Sages
Text 3.12.73
एवमुक्तस्तु रामेण महर्षिस्त्विदमब्रवीत्॥
evam uktas tu rāmeṇa maha-rṣis tv idam abravīt
evam = thus; uktaḥ tu = when spoke; rāmeṇa = Rāma; mahā-ṛṣiḥ tu = the great sage; idam = as follows; abravīt = replied.
When Rāma spoke thus, the great sage replied as follows.
[1] patiṁ viśvasya. (Śruti)
[2] iṣṭāpūrtaṁ bahudhā jātaṁ jāyamānaṁ viśvaṁ bibharti bhuvanasya nābhiḥ. (Śruti)