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)