Chapter 16 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 16.20

कैकेय्यै चावशिष्टार्धं ददौ पुत्रार्थकारणात्। प्रददौ चावशिष्टार्धं पायसस्यामृतोपमम्॥ अनुचिन्त्य सुमित्रायै पुनरेव महामतिः। एवं तासां ददौ राजा भार्याणां पायसं पृथक् ॥

kaikeyyai cāvaśiṣṭārdhaṃ dadau putrārthakāraṇāt| pradadau cāvaśiṣṭārdhaṃ pāyasasyāmṛtopamam|| anucintya sumitrāyai punareva mahāmatiḥ| evaṃ tāsāṃ dadau rājā bhāryāṇāṃ pāyasaṃ pṛthak ||

English Meaning

Then in order that she might have a son, king Dasaratha made over to Kaikeyi an equal portion of what remained. And then having reflected, the mighty-minded one gave to Sumitrā the remaining portion of the Pāyasa resembling ambrosia.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)