Chapter 28 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 28.3

नवमासधृतं गर्भे भास्करस्य गभस्तिभिः। पीत्वा रसं समुद्राणां द्यौः प्रसूते रसायनम्॥

navamāsadhṛtaṃ garbhe bhāskarasya gabhastibhiḥ| pītvā rasaṃ samudrāṇāṃ dyauḥ prasūte rasāyanam||

English Meaning

The sky, drinking the liquid contents of the ocean through the rays of the Sun, and being enceinite for nine months, is giving birth to showers.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)