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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५८1.58.p01836–1.58.p01840
बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५८1.58.p01836

Sanskrit · 1.58.p01836

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे बालकाण्डे अष्टपञ्चाशः सर्गः ॥१-५८॥ ततस्त्रिशङ्कोर्वचनं श्रुत्वा क्रोधसमन्वितम्। ऋषिपुत्रशतं राम राजानमिदमब्रवीत् ॥१॥

English · Meaning

In the revered Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Bālakāṇḍa, this is the fifty-eighth canto. Then, having heard Triśaṅku’s words, which were charged with anger, the hundred sons of the sage said these words to the king, O Rāma.

1.58.p018361 / 26
बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५८1.58.p01837

Sanskrit · 1.58.p01837

प्रत्याख्यातोऽसि दुर्मेधो गुरुणा सत्यवादिना। तं कथं समतिक्रम्य शाखान्तरमुपेयिवान् ॥२॥

English · Meaning

“You have been rejected by your truthful-speaking guru, foolish one. How, having transgressed him, have you resorted to another branch?”

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५८1.58.p01838

Sanskrit · 1.58.p01838

इक्ष्वाकूणां हि सर्वेषां पुरोधाः परमा गतिः। न चातिक्रमितुं शक्यं वचनं सत्यवादिनः ॥३॥

English · Meaning

For all the Ikshvakus, the family priest is their highest refuge. The word of the truth-speaking one cannot be transgressed.

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५८1.58.p01839

Sanskrit · 1.58.p01839

अशक्यमिति सोवाच वसिष्ठो भगवानृषिः। तं वयं वै समाहर्तुं क्रतुं शक्ताः कथंचन ॥४॥

English · Meaning

The venerable sage Vasistha said, “It is impossible.” The transmitted wording then says literally, “We are somehow able to undertake that sacrifice”; the context may suggest inability, but no negation is present in the supplied text.

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५८1.58.p01840

Sanskrit · 1.58.p01840

बालिशस्त्वं नरश्रेष्ठ गम्यतां स्वपुरं पुनः। याजने भगवान् शक्तस्त्रैलोक्यस्यापि पार्थिव ॥५॥

English · Meaning

You are foolish, O foremost of men; return again to your own city. The Blessed One is capable of officiating even for the three worlds, O king.

1.58.p018405 / 26

Make yourself comfortable

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