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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.102.17

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 102: Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage. He traces the dynasty from creation through Ikṣvāku and Sagara, invoking its tradition of eldest succession

In the sequence: despite poison given by her co-wife to destroy the embryo, the child is born together with the poison and is named Sagara

2.102.17

sa tām abhyavadad vipro varepsuṃ putrajanmani
tataḥ sā gṛham āgamya devī putraṃ vyajāyata

The brahmin greeted her in return as she sought a boon for the birth of a son; then that lady, returning home, gave birth to a son.

Words: sa tām abhyavadad — he greeted her (in return); vipro — the brahmin; varepsuṃ — (her) desiring a boon; putrajanmani — for the birth of a son; tataḥ sā gṛham āgamya — then she, having come home; devī — the lady, queen; putraṃ vyajāyata — gave birth to a son

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.