Chapter 118 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 118

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 118.27

अनपत्येन च स्नेहादङ्कमारोप्य च स्वयम्। ममेयं तनयेत्युक्त्वा स्नेहो मयि निपातितः॥

anapatyena ca snehādaṅkamāropya ca svayam| mameyaṃ tanayetyuktvā sneho mayi nipātitaḥ||

English Meaning

Being childless, he took me on his lap from affection, and saying, 'This is my daughter', conceived affection for me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)