Chapter 37 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 37.23

ताः क्षीरं जातमात्रस्य कृत्वा समयमुत्तमम्। ददुः पुत्रोऽयमस्माकं सर्वासामिति निश्चिताः॥

tāḥ kṣīraṃ jātamātrasya kṛtvā samayamuttamam| daduḥ putro'yamasmākaṃ sarvāsāmiti niścitāḥ||

English Meaning

'Surely he shall be son to us all’-concluding thus, they as soon as he was born, by turns began to dispense milk to him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)