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रामायणम्

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_११1.11.p00391–1.11.p00395
बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_११1.11.p00391

Sanskrit · 1.11.p00391

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे बालकाण्डे एकादशः सर्गः ॥१-११॥ भूय एव हि राजेन्द्र शृणु मे वचनं हितम् । यथा स देवप्रवरः कथयामास बुद्धिमान् ॥१-११-१॥

English · Meaning

In the revered Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Bāla-kāṇḍa, this is the eleventh chapter. Again indeed, O lord of kings, hear my beneficial words, as that foremost of the gods, the wise one, narrated.

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_११1.11.p00392

Sanskrit · 1.11.p00392

इक्ष्वाकूणां कुले जातो भविष्यति सुधार्मिकः । नाम्ना दशरथो राजा श्रीमान् सत्यप्रतिश्रवः ॥१-११-२॥

English · Meaning

He will be born in the lineage of the Ikṣvākus and will be highly righteous. By name he will be King Daśaratha, glorious and true to his pledge.

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_११1.11.p00393

Sanskrit · 1.11.p00393

अङ्गराजेन सख्यं च तस्य राज्ञो भविष्यति । कन्या चास्य महाभागा शान्ता नाम भविष्यति ॥१-११-३॥

English · Meaning

He will have friendship with the king of Aṅga. That king will have a highly fortunate daughter of his, named Śāntā.

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_११1.11.p00394

Sanskrit · 1.11.p00394

पुत्रस्त्वङ्गस्य राज्ञस्तु रोमपाद इति श्रुतः । तं स राजा दशरथो गमिष्यति महायशाः ॥१-११-४॥

English · Meaning

But the son of the king of Aṅga was known as Romapāda. That greatly renowned King Daśaratha will go to him.

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बालकाण्डम्/सर्गः_११1.11.p00395

Sanskrit · 1.11.p00395

अनपत्योऽस्मि धर्मात्मञ्छान्ताभर्ता मम क्रतुम् । आहरेत त्वयाज्ञप्तः संतानार्थं कुलस्य च ॥१-११-५॥

English · Meaning

“I am childless, O righteous one; the husband of Śāntā should undertake a sacrifice for me, when commissioned by you, for the sake of offspring and for the continuation of the lineage.”

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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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