But the second queen Sumati on part, oh ! tigerly-man Rama, verily delivered a round and long egg which was like a single gourd, and on breaking it up sixty thousand sons were issued forth from that cucumber like egg. [1-38-17]
The childminders brought up those siblings in vessels filled with ghee, the clarified butter, and after a protracted time all of the children attained youthfulness. [1-38-18]
स च ज्येष्ठो नरश्रेष्ठ सगरस्यात्मसंभवः | बालान् गृहीत्वा तु जले सरय्वा रघुनंदन || १-३८-२०
But, oh ! best one among men, oh ! Rama, the elder son of the king Sagara, Asamanja, always used to grab children and into the waters of River Sarayu,..... - [1-38-20]