Chapter 9 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 9.15

स तु गत्वा मुनिर्व्यानं वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह। विज्ञातं ते मया भद्रे कारणं यन्मनोगतम्॥ सुताभिलाषो मत्तस्ते मत्तमातंगगामिनि। दारुणायां तु वेलायां यस्मात्त्वं मामुपस्थिता॥ शृणु तस्मात्सुतान्भद्रे यादृशाञ्जनयिष्यसि। दारुणान्दारुणाकारान्दारुणाभिजनप्रियान्॥ प्रसविष्यसि सुश्रोणि राक्षसान्क्रूरकर्मणः।

sa tu gatvā munirvyānaṃ vākyametaduvāca ha| vijñātaṃ te mayā bhadre kāraṇaṃ yanmanogatam|| sutābhilāṣo mattaste mattamātaṃgagāmini| dāruṇāyāṃ tu velāyāṃ yasmāttvaṃ māmupasthitā|| śṛṇu tasmātsutānbhadre yādṛśāñjanayiṣyasi| dāruṇāndāruṇākārāndāruṇābhijanapriyān|| prasaviṣyasi suśroṇi rākṣasānkrūrakarmaṇaḥ|

English Meaning

Thereupon, the ascetic, entering into contemplation, said these words, 'O gentle lady, I have learnt the purpose that is in your heart. O you having the gait of a mad elephant, there reigns a powerful desire in you for having offspring. Inasmuch as you have come to me at this fierce hour, hearken, you amiable one, as to the kind of offspring that you shall bring forth. You shall, O you of graceful hips, bring forth terrible and grim-visaged Rākşasas delighting in frightful friends, and of cruel deeds.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)