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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.36.29

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: after drinking their milk in a single day, the tender-bodied boy defeats the Daitya army through his own courage

1.36.29

gṛhītvā kṣīram ekāhnā sukumāra vapus tadā
ajayat svena vīryeṇa daityasainyagaṇān vibhuḥ

Having drunk the milk in a single day, the lord, tender of body, then by his own valour conquered the hosts of the Daitya army.

Words: gṛhītvā — having taken, drunk; kṣīram — milk; ekāhnā — in a single day; sukumāra — very tender, delicate; vapus — body; tadā — then; ajayat — conquered; svena — by his own; vīryeṇa — valour, might; daityasainyagaṇān — the hosts of the Daitya army; vibhuḥ — the lord, mighty one

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.