Chapter 4 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 4.28

उभयापि वरो दत्तो राक्षसीनां नृपात्मज॥ सद्योपलब्धिर्गर्भस्य प्रसूतिः सद्य एव च। सद्य एव वय:प्राप्ति मातुरेव वयःसमम्॥

ubhayāpi varo datto rākṣasīnāṃ nṛpātmaja|| sadyopalabdhirgarbhasya prasūtiḥ sadya eva ca| sadya eva vaya:prāpti mātureva vayaḥsamam||

English Meaning

O son of the king, Umă also bestowed a boon: “Henceforth the Rāksasis shall conceive in a day, bring forth (child) in a day, and the child shall in a day be furnished with the age of its mother.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)