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Bala Kanda Sarga 38 Shloka 17
Original Shloka
सुमतिस्तु नरव्याघ्र गर्भतुम्बं व्यजायत। षष्ठि: पुत्रसहस्राणि तुम्बभेदाद्विनि:सृता:।।1.38.17।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

नरव्याघ्र O Best among men, सुमतिस्तु Sumati, गर्भतुम्बम् gourd like foetus, व्यजायत gave birth, तुम्बभेदात् when that guard like foetus was burst open, षष्ठि: sixty, पुत्रसहस्राणि thousands of sons, विनिस्सृता: emerged.

English Commentary

O best among men, Sumati gave birth to a gourdlike foetus and when it burst open, sixty thousand sons emerged.