Chapter 8 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 8.2

चिन्तयानस्य तस्यैवं बुद्धिरासीन्महात्मनः। सुतार्थं वाजिमेधेन किमर्थं न यजाम्यहम्॥

cintayānasya tasyaivaṃ buddhirāsīnmahātmanaḥ| sutārthaṃ vājimedhena kimarthaṃ na yajāmyaham||

English Meaning

Mentally turning the matter over, the highsouled one thought, Why do I not celebrate a horse-sacrifice with the intention of obtaining a son?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)