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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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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४०2.40.p04140–2.40.p04144
अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४०2.40.p04140

Sanskrit · 2.40.p04140

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे अयोध्याकाण्डे चत्वारिंशः सर्गः ॥२-४०॥ अथ रामश्च सीता च लक्ष्मणश्च कृताञ्जलिः। उपसंगृह्य राजानं चक्रुर्दीनाः प्रदक्षिणम्॥ १॥

English · Meaning

In the revered Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki, in the Ayodhyākāṇḍa, the fortieth canto. Then Rāma, Sītā, and Lakṣmaṇa, with their hands joined, having embraced the king, made a sorrowful circumambulation.

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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४०2.40.p04141

Sanskrit · 2.40.p04141

तं चापि समनुज्ञाप्य धर्मज्ञः सह सीतया। राघवः शोकसम्मूढो जननीमभ्यवादयत्॥ २॥

English · Meaning

Having obtained permission from him as well, Rāghava, the knower of righteousness, together with Sītā, overwhelmed with grief, saluted his mother.

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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४०2.40.p04142

Sanskrit · 2.40.p04142

अन्वक्षं लक्ष्मणो भ्रातुः कौसल्यामभ्यवादयत्। अपि मातुः सुमित्राया जग्राह चरणौ पुनः॥ ३॥

English · Meaning

Following his brother, Lakṣmaṇa saluted Kausalyā; he also again grasped the feet of his mother Sumitrā.

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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४०2.40.p04143

Sanskrit · 2.40.p04143

तं वन्दमानं रुदती माता सौमित्रिमब्रवीत्। हितकामा महाबाहुं मूर्ध्न्युपाघ्राय लक्ष्मणम्॥ ४॥

English · Meaning

As Lakṣmaṇa bowed, his weeping mother said to Saumitra, after kissing the head of mighty-armed Lakṣmaṇa and wishing him well:

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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४०2.40.p04144

Sanskrit · 2.40.p04144

सृष्टस्त्वं वनवासाय स्वनुरक्तः सुहृज्जने। रामे प्रमादं मा कार्षीः पुत्र भ्रातरि गच्छति॥ ५॥

English · Meaning

You were brought forth for life in the forest, devoted to your own kin and to friendly people. My son, do not be negligent regarding Rāma when your brother is going.

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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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