Chapter 37 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 37.27

प्रादुर्भूतं ततः क्षीरं कृत्तिकानामनुत्तमम्। षण्णां षडाननो भूत्वा जग्राह स्तनजं पयः॥

prādurbhūtaṃ tataḥ kṣīraṃ kṛttikānāmanuttamam| ṣaṇṇāṃ ṣaḍānano bhūtvā jagrāha stanajaṃ payaḥ||

English Meaning

And then the teats of the Křttikās were filled with milk; and thereupon assuming six mouths, he began to suck milk from the teats of those six.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)