Chapter 89 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 89

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 89.21

ततः सा नवमे मासि इला सोमसुतात्सुतम्। जनयामास सुश्रोणी पुरूरवसमूर्जितम्॥ जातमात्रे तु सुश्रोणी पितुर्हस्ते न्यवेशयत्। बुधस्य समवर्णं च इला पुत्रं महाबलम्॥

tataḥ sā navame māsi ilā somasutātsutam| janayāmāsa suśroṇī purūravasamūrjitam|| jātamātre tu suśroṇī piturhaste nyaveśayat| budhasya samavarṇaṃ ca ilā putraṃ mahābalam||

English Meaning

There upon in the ninth month, Ilă, having a beautiful waist, gave birth to a highly effulgent son, under the name of Pururavă, born of the lions of Budha, and equally graceful like him. and she handed over the highly powerful son to his father Budha.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)