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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.36.20

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 36: Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Kārttikeya’s birth and six nurses. Gaṅgā releases Agni’s unbearable embryo onto the mountain, its radiance produces minerals and six Kṛttikās nurse the child who becomes the Devas’ commander

In the sequence: copper and iron arise from its fierce heat, while its dross becomes tin and lead → the deposit gives rise to the minerals

1.36.20

tad etad dharaṇīṃ prāpya nānādhātur avardhata

All this, upon reaching the earth, grew into the various minerals.

Words: tad — that; etad — this; dharaṇīṃ — the earth; prāpya — having reached; nānādhātur — into the various minerals; avardhata — grew, developed

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.