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25 passagesश्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे बालकाण्डे पञ्चमः सर्गः ॥१-५॥ सर्वा पूर्वमियं येषामासीत् कृत्स्ना वसुंधरा । प्रजापतिमुपादाय नृपाणां जयशालिनाम् ॥१-५-१॥
In the revered Valmiki Ramayana, in the Bala Kanda, the fifth canto. This entire earth formerly belonged to those victorious kings, beginning with Prajapati.
येषां स सगरो नाम सागरो येन खानितः । षष्टिपुत्रसहस्राणि यं यान्तं पर्यवारयन् ॥१-५-२॥
Among those kings was Sagara by name, by whom the ocean was dug; sixty thousand sons surrounded him as he went.
इक्ष्वाकूणामिदं तेषां राज्ञां वंशे महात्मनाम् । महदुत्पन्नमाख्यानं रामायणमिति श्रुतम् ॥१-५-३॥
In the lineage of those great-souled kings, descendants of Ikshvaku, this great narrative that arose is heard as the Ramayana.
तदिदं वर्तयिष्यावः सर्वं निखिलमादितः । धर्मकामार्थसहितं श्रोतव्यमनसूयता ॥१-५-४॥
We shall relate this entire account completely from the beginning; it should be heard without envy, together with duty, desire, and wealth.
कोसलो नाम मुदितः स्फीतो जनपदो महान् । निविष्टः सरयूतीरे प्रभूतधनधान्यवान् ॥१-५-५॥
Kosala was a joyful, flourishing, great realm, situated on the bank of the Sarayu and possessing abundant wealth and grain.
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