Chapter 104 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 104

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 104.4

सक्षिप्य हि पुरा लोकान्मायया स्वयमेव हि। महार्णवे शयानोऽप्सु मां त्वं पूर्वमजीजनः॥

sakṣipya hi purā lokānmāyayā svayameva hi| mahārṇave śayāno'psu māṃ tvaṃ pūrvamajījanaḥ||

English Meaning

Formerly when having slain all animals by your Māyā you went asleep in the waters of the mighty deep I was born.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)