Chapter 8 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 8.1

तस्य चैवंप्रभावस्य धर्मज्ञस्य महात्मनः। सुतार्थं तप्यमानस्य नासीद् वंशकरः सुतः॥

tasya caivaṃprabhāvasya dharmajñasya mahātmanaḥ| sutārthaṃ tapyamānasya nāsīd vaṃśakaraḥ sutaḥ||

English Meaning

And although engaged in austerities with the view of having sons born to him, the powerful and high-souled king, had no son capable of perpetuating his race.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)