Verse 17·VR 1.38.17

सुमतिस्तु नरव्याघ्र गर्भतुंबं व्यजायत | षष्टिः पुत्रसहस्राणि तुंबभेदाद्विनिःसृताः || १-३८-१७

sumatiH tu naravyaaghra garbha tuMbam vyajaayata | ShaShTiH putra sahasraaNi tuMba bhedaat viniHsR^itaaH || 1-38-17

Translation

But the second queen Sumati on part, oh, tigerly-man Rama, verily delivered a round and long egg which is like a single gourd, and on breaking it up sixty thousand sons are issued forth from that cucumber like egg. [1-38-17]

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naravyaaghra

the tigerly man

sumatiH tu

Sumati, \t\t\ton her part

garbhatumbam

gourd-like neonate

vyajaayata [vi+ajaayataa]

verily delivered

tumbabhedaat

on breaking up gourd-like egg

SaSTiH putrasahasraaNi

sixty thousand sons

viniHsR^itaaH

issued forth - from that gourd-like \t\t\tegg.

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38

Legend of Emperor Sagara

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