Chapter 4 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 4.20

संध्यादुहितरं सोऽथ संध्यातुल्यां प्रभावतः। वरयामास पुत्रार्थ हेती राक्षसपुङ्गवः॥

saṃdhyāduhitaraṃ so'tha saṃdhyātulyāṃ prabhāvataḥ| varayāmāsa putrārtha hetī rākṣasapuṅgavaḥ||

English Meaning

And that best of Rākṣasas-heti-in the interests of his son asked for the hand of Sandhya's daughter; like to Sandhyā* herself in the potency. * The evening Twilight-spouse of the Sun.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)