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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.36.6
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: Brahmā says that Umā's curse stands: they can have no children by their own wives
1.36.6
śailaputryā yad uktaṃ tan na prajāsyatha patniṣu
tasyā vacanam akliṣṭaṃ satyam eva na saṃśayaḥ
That which was said by the mountain's daughter — that you shall not beget offspring upon your wives — her flawless word is indeed true, there is no doubt.
Words: śailaputryā — by the mountain's daughter; yad — which; uktaṃ — was said; tan — that; na — not; prajāsyatha — you shall beget offspring; patniṣu — upon (your) wives; tasyā — her; vacanam — word, speech; akliṣṭaṃ — flawless, unmarred; satyam — true; eva — indeed; na — no; saṃśayaḥ — doubt
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.