Chapter 12 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 12.18

एवं ते कृतदारा वै रेमिरे तत्र राक्षसाः॥ स्वां स्वां भार्यामुपादाय गन्धर्वा इव नन्दने। ततो मन्दोदरी पुत्रं मेघनादमजीजनत्॥ स एष इन्द्रजिन्नाम युष्माभिरभिधीयते।

evaṃ te kṛtadārā vai remire tatra rākṣasāḥ|| svāṃ svāṃ bhāryāmupādāya gandharvā iva nandane| tato mandodarī putraṃ meghanādamajījanat|| sa eṣa indrajinnāma yuṣmābhirabhidhīyate|

English Meaning

Having thus wedded, those Rākşasas, taking each his wife, set about sporting there, like to Gandharvas sporting in Nandana. And then was born Mandodari's son-Meghanāda. Him you call Indarjit.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)