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50 passagesश्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे अयोध्याकाण्डे तृतीयः सर्गः ॥२-३॥ तेषामञ्जलिपद्मानि प्रगृहीतानि सर्वशः। प्रतिगृह्याब्रवीद् राजा तेभ्यः प्रियहितं वचः॥ १॥
In the revered Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki, in the Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, the third section. ॥2.3॥ Their lotus-like hands joined in salutation were held up on every side. Having received their salutation, the king spoke to them words that were dear and beneficial. ॥1॥
अहोऽस्मि परमप्रीतः प्रभावश्चातुलो मम। यन्मे ज्येष्ठं प्रियं पुत्रं यौवराज्यस्थमिच्छथ॥ २॥
Ah, I am exceedingly pleased, and my influence is incomparable, since you desire that my eldest dear son be established in the युवराज office, the heir-apparent’s position.
इति प्रत्यर्चितान् राजा ब्राह्मणानिदमब्रवीत्। वसिष्ठं वामदेवं च तेषामेवोपशृण्वताम्॥ ३॥
Thus the king spoke these words to the Brāhmaṇas who had been duly honored, while Vasiṣṭha and Vāmadeva were themselves listening to them.
चैत्रः श्रीमानयं मासः पुण्यः पुष्पितकाननः। यौवराज्याय रामस्य सर्वमेवोपकल्प्यताम्॥ ४॥
“This is the glorious month of Caitra, auspicious and having flowering groves. Let everything be prepared for Rāma’s installation as crown prince.”
राज्ञस्तूपरते वाक्ये जनघोषो महानभूत्। शनैस्तस्मिन् प्रशान्ते च जनघोषे जनाधिपः॥ ५॥
When the king’s speech had ended, there arose a great public outcry. When that public outcry had gradually subsided, the ruler—[the sentence continues in the following verse].
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.
श्रीमद्वाल्मीकीयरामायणम् (Sanskrit Wikisource)
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Free Library: Sanskrit + transliteration + English + Hindi + Gujarati meanings. EN 24782/24782; HI 24782/24782; GU 24782/24782; chapters 645. Meanings are machine-assisted study drafts, not a scholarly edition.
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