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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१७1.17.p00623–1.17.p00627
बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१७1.17.p00623

Sanskrit · 1.17.p00623

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे बालकाण्डे सप्तदशः सर्गः ॥१-१७॥ पुत्रत्वं तु गते विष्णौ राज्ञस्तस्य महात्मनः । उवाच देवताः सर्वाः स्वयम्भूर्भगवानिदम् ॥१-१७-१॥

English · Meaning

In the venerable Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Bālakāṇḍa, is the seventeenth canto. ॥1-17॥ When Viṣṇu had entered into sonship of that great-souled king, the Self-born, the Blessed Lord, said this to all the gods: ॥1-17-1॥

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१७1.17.p00624

Sanskrit · 1.17.p00624

सत्यसंधस्य वीरस्य सर्वेषां नो हितैषिणः । विष्णोः सहायान् बलिनः सृजध्वं कामरूपिणः ॥१-१७-२॥

English · Meaning

“Create for the truth-bound and heroic Viṣṇu companions who are powerful, desirous of the welfare of all of us, and able to assume forms at will.” ॥1-17-2॥

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१७1.17.p00625

Sanskrit · 1.17.p00625

मायाविदश्च शूरांश्च वायुवेगसमान् जवे । नयज्ञान् बुद्धिसम्पन्नान् विष्णुतुल्यपराक्रमान् ॥१-१७-३॥

English · Meaning

“[Create them] knowing magic, heroic, equal in swiftness to the speed of the wind, knowing policy, endowed with intelligence, and possessing might equal to Viṣṇu’s.” ॥1-17-3॥

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१७1.17.p00626

Sanskrit · 1.17.p00626

असंहार्यानुपायज्ञान् दिव्यसंहननान्वितान् । सर्वास्त्रगुणसम्पन्नानमृतप्राशनानिव ॥१-१७-४॥

English · Meaning

Create them as unconquerable, skilled in means, endowed with divine bodies, possessing the qualities of every weapon, and like those who have drunk nectar.

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१७1.17.p00627

Sanskrit · 1.17.p00627

अप्सरस्सु च मुख्यासु गन्धर्वीणां तनूषु च । यक्षपन्नगकन्यासु ऋक्षविद्याधरीषु च ॥१-१७-५॥

English · Meaning

Create them in the bodies of the foremost apsaras, in the bodies of Gandharva women, among Yaksha and serpent maidens, and among female bears and Vidyadhara women.

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