Chapter 9 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 9.22

अथ नामाकरोतस्य पितामहसमः पिता। दशग्रीवः प्रसूतोऽयं दशग्रीवो भविष्यति॥

atha nāmākarotasya pitāmahasamaḥ pitā| daśagrīvaḥ prasūto'yaṃ daśagrīvo bhaviṣyati||

English Meaning

And his sire resembling his grand-father named him, (saying), 'As this one has been born with ten necks, he shall be called Ten-necked.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)