Chapter 57 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 57.17

एवमुक्त्वा तु विबुधाः सर्वे जग्मुर्यथागतम्। ऋषयोऽपि महात्मानो निमेहं समाहरन्॥ अरणिं तत्र निक्षिप्य मथनं चक्रुरोजसा। मन्त्रहोमैर्महात्मानः पुत्रहेतोनिमेस्तदा ॥

evamuktvā tu vibudhāḥ sarve jagmuryathāgatam| ṛṣayo'pi mahātmāno nimehaṃ samāharan|| araṇiṃ tatra nikṣipya mathanaṃ cakrurojasā| mantrahomairmahātmānaḥ putrahetonimestadā ||

English Meaning

Having said this the celestials repaired to their respective quarters and the high-souled Rșis having conveyed Nimi's body to the sacrificial ground and dedicated it as an edy began to churn it with great energy accompanied by incantations.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)