Chapter 38 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 38.10

एकः कस्याः सुतो ब्रह्मन् का बहूञ्जनयिष्यति। श्रोतुमिच्छामहे ब्रह्मन् सत्यमस्तु वचस्तव॥

ekaḥ kasyāḥ suto brahman kā bahūñjanayiṣyati| śrotumicchāmahe brahman satyamastu vacastava||

English Meaning

Who of us, O Brahmana, shall produce a single son, and who many? This, O Brāhmaṇa, we wish to hear. May your word prove true!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)