Chapter 16 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 16.18

सोऽन्तःपुरं प्रविश्यैव कौसल्यामिदमब्रीत्। पायसं प्रतिगृह्णीष्व पुत्रीयं त्विदमात्मनः॥

so'ntaḥpuraṃ praviśyaiva kausalyāmidamabrīt| pāyasaṃ pratigṛhṇīṣva putrīyaṃ tvidamātmanaḥ||

English Meaning

Then entering the inner apartment, he spoke to Kausalyā, saying, Take you this, Pāyasa; for this will make you bear a son.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)