Chapter 45 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 45

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 45.16

तेषां चिन्तयतां तत्र बुद्धिरासीद् विपश्चिताम्। क्षीरोदमथनं कृत्वा रसं प्राप्स्याम तत्र वै॥

teṣāṃ cintayatāṃ tatra buddhirāsīd vipaścitām| kṣīrodamathanaṃ kṛtvā rasaṃ prāpsyāma tatra vai||

English Meaning

And as they reflected, it struck them, 'By churning the ocean of milk, we must obtain ambrosia.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)