Chapter 25 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 25.8

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य यक्षी पुत्रं व्यजायत। मारीचं नाम दुर्धर्षं यः शापाद् राक्षसोऽभवत्॥

kasyacittvatha kālasya yakṣī putraṃ vyajāyata| mārīcaṃ nāma durdharṣaṃ yaḥ śāpād rākṣaso'bhavat||

English Meaning

After a length of time, that Yakṣī gave birth to a son, named Mārīca, possessed of irrepressible energy, him who became a Rākṣasa in consequence of a curse.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)