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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_३८1.38.p01258–1.38.p01262
बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_३८1.38.p01258

Sanskrit · 1.38.p01258

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे बालकाण्डे अष्टात्रिंशः सर्गः ॥१-३८॥ तां कथां कौशिको रामे निवेद्य मधुराक्षराम् । पुनरेवापरं वाक्यं काकुत्स्थमिदमब्रवीत् ॥१-३८-१॥

English · Meaning

In the revered Valmiki Ramayana, in the Bala-kanda, the thirty-eighth canto. Having related that story to Rama in sweet words, Kausika again spoke these other words to Kakutstha:

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_३८1.38.p01259

Sanskrit · 1.38.p01259

अयोध्याधिपतिर्वीर पूर्वमासीन्नराधिपः । सगरो नाम धर्मात्मा प्रजाकामः स चाप्रजः ॥१-३८-२॥

English · Meaning

O hero, formerly there was a king of men who was the lord of Ayodhya. His name was Sagara, righteous in spirit and desirous of offspring, yet he was childless.

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_३८1.38.p01260

Sanskrit · 1.38.p01260

वैदर्भदुहिता राम केशिनी नाम नामतः । ज्येष्ठा सगरपत्नी सा धर्मिष्ठा सत्यवादिनी ॥१-३८-३॥

English · Meaning

O Rama, the daughter of the king of Vidarbha was Keshini by name. She was the elder wife of Sagara, pious and truthful.

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_३८1.38.p01261

Sanskrit · 1.38.p01261

अरिष्टनेमेर्दुहिता सुपर्णभगिनी तु सा । द्वितीया सगरस्यासीत् पत्नी सुमतिसंज्ञिता ॥१-३८-४॥

English · Meaning

She was the daughter of Ariṣṭanemi and the sister of Suparṇa; she was the second wife of Sagara, known as Sumati.

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_३८1.38.p01262

Sanskrit · 1.38.p01262

ताभ्यां सह महाराजः पत्नीभ्यां तप्तवांस्तपः । हिमवन्तं समासाद्य भृगुप्रस्रवणे गिरौ ॥१-३८-५॥

English · Meaning

The great king, together with those two wives, practiced austerity after reaching the Himavat, at the mountain called Bhṛguprasravaṇa.

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