Chapter 25 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 25.18

श्रूयते हि पुरा शक्रो विरोचनसुतां नृप। पृथिवीं हन्तुमिच्छन्ती मन्थरामभ्यसूदयत्॥

śrūyate hi purā śakro virocanasutāṃ nṛpa| pṛthivīṃ hantumicchantī mantharāmabhyasūdayat||

English Meaning

We hear, O king, that in days of yore, ſakra slew Virocana's daughter, Mantharā, who had intended to destroy the earth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)