Chapter 57 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 57.2

फलमूलाशनो दान्तश्चचार परमं तपः। अथास्य जज्ञिरे पुत्राः सत्यधर्मपरायणाः॥ हविष्पन्दो मधुष्पन्दो दृढनेत्रो महारथः।

phalamūlāśano dāntaścacāra paramaṃ tapaḥ| athāsya jajñire putrāḥ satyadharmaparāyaṇāḥ|| haviṣpando madhuṣpando dṛḍhanetro mahārathaḥ|

English Meaning

O Rāghava. And subsisting on fruits and roots, and restraining his senses, he performed the most rigid austerities. And four sons engaged in observing truth and duty, Havișpanda, Madhuspanda, Dhrdhanetra, and Maharatha, were born to him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)