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)