Chapter 70 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 70

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 70.26

असितोऽल्पबलो राजा कालधर्ममुपेयिवान्। द्वे चास्य भार्ये गर्भिण्यौ बभूवतुरिति श्रुतिः॥ एका गर्भविनाशार्थं सपत्न्यै सगरं ददौ।

asito'lpabalo rājā kāladharmamupeyivān| dve cāsya bhārye garbhiṇyau babhūvaturiti śrutiḥ|| ekā garbhavināśārthaṃ sapatnyai sagaraṃ dadau|

English Meaning

The story runs that his two wives were in the family way; and that with the intention of destroying the embryo of the other, one of them administered poison to the former mixed in her food.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)