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श्रीमद्वाल्मीकीयरामायणम्

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श्रीमद्वाल्मीकीयरामायणम् (Sanskrit Wikisource)

The unabridged Sanskrit, 645 sargas, every verse numbered kanda.sarga.verse.

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१०1.10.p00356–1.10.p00360
बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१०1.10.p00356

Sanskrit · 1.10.p00356

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे बालकाण्डे दशमः सर्गः ॥१-१०॥ सुमन्त्रश्चोदितो राज्ञा प्रोवाचेदं वचस्तदा यथर्ष्यशृङ्गस्त्वानीतो येनोपायेन मन्त्रिभिः तन्मे निगदितं सर्वं शृणु मे मन्त्रिभिः सह ॥१-१०-१॥

English · Meaning

In the revered Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Bāla Kāṇḍa, the tenth canto. Then Sumantra, urged by the king, spoke these words: “How Ṛśyaśṛṅga was brought here, by what means, by the ministers—that all, tell me; hear it from me together with the ministers.”

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१०1.10.p00357

Sanskrit · 1.10.p00357

रोमपादमुवाचेदं सहामात्यः पुरोहितः उपायो निरपायोऽयमस्माभिरभिचिन्तितः ॥१-१०-२॥

English · Meaning

The royal chaplain, together with the minister, said this to Romapāda: “This is a secure, harmless plan conceived by us.”

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१०1.10.p00358

Sanskrit · 1.10.p00358

ऋष्यशृङ्गो वनचरस्तपःस्वाध्यायसंयुतः अनभिज्ञस्तु नारीणां विषयाणां सुखस्य च ॥१-१०-३॥

English · Meaning

Ṛśyaśṛṅga is a forest-dweller endowed with austerity and Vedic study, but he is unacquainted with women, sensual objects, and pleasure.

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१०1.10.p00359

Sanskrit · 1.10.p00359

इन्द्रियार्थैरभिमतैर्नरचित्तप्रमाथिभिः पुरमानाययिष्यामः क्षिप्रं चाध्यवसीयताम् ॥१-१०-४॥

English · Meaning

We shall bring him to the city with desirable sense-objects that agitate men's minds; and let the decision be made quickly.

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१०1.10.p00360

Sanskrit · 1.10.p00360

गणिकास्तत्र गच्छन्तु रूपवत्यः स्वलङ्कृताः प्रलोभ्य विविधोपायैरानेष्यन्तीह सत्कृताः ॥१-१०-५॥

English · Meaning

Let beautiful, well-adorned courtesans go there; having enticed him by various means, they will bring him here, having been honored.

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Contents

645 chapters
  1. बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१
  2. बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_२
  3. बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_३
  4. बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४
  5. बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५
  6. बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_६
  7. बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_७
  8. बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_८
  9. बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_९
  10. बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१०
  11. बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_११
  12. बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१२

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The unabridged Sanskrit, 645 sargas, every verse numbered kanda.sarga.verse. Not a translation: this is the text every English witness is checked against, and the one the Sarvam pass translates. Whole-edition checksum is pinned through the TOC (corpus:check), not per page.

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