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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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अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_९2.9.p02818–2.9.p02822
अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_९2.9.p02818

Sanskrit · 2.9.p02818

चन्द्रमाह्वयमानेन मुखेनाप्रतिमानना। गमिष्यसि गतिं मुख्यां गर्वयन्ती द्विषज्जने॥ ५१॥

English · Meaning

With a face that makes one call it the moon, with a countenance beyond compare, you will go to a chief place, making the hostile people proud or haughty—this last phrase is somewhat uncertain in nuance.

2.9.p028181 / 18
अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_९2.9.p02819

Sanskrit · 2.9.p02819

तवापि कुब्जाः कुब्जायाः सर्वाभरणभूषिताः। पादौ परिचरिष्यन्ति यथैव त्वं सदा मम॥ ५२॥

English · Meaning

Even your hunchbacked women, adorned with every ornament, will attend upon the two feet of the hunchback, just as you always attend upon mine.

2.9.p028192 / 18
अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_९2.9.p02820

Sanskrit · 2.9.p02820

इति प्रशस्यमाना सा कैकेयीमिदमब्रवीत्। शयानां शयने शुभ्रे वेद्यामग्निशिखामिव॥ ५३॥

English · Meaning

While she was being praised in this way, she said this to Kaikeyi, who was lying on a bright bed like a flame on an altar.

2.9.p028203 / 18
अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_९2.9.p02821

Sanskrit · 2.9.p02821

गतोदके सेतुबन्धो न कल्याणि विधीयते। उत्तिष्ठ कुरु कल्याणं राजानमनुदर्शय॥ ५४॥

English · Meaning

When the water has gone, a bridge is not built, O auspicious one. Rise; do what is beneficial, and show yourself to the king.

2.9.p028214 / 18
अयोध्याकाण्डम्/सर्गः_९2.9.p02822

Sanskrit · 2.9.p02822

तथा प्रोत्साहिता देवी गत्वा मन्थरया सह। क्रोधागारं विशालाक्षी सौभाग्यमदगर्विता॥५५॥

English · Meaning

Thus encouraged by Manthara, the queen went with her to the chamber of anger, wide-eyed and proud, intoxicated by her good fortune.

2.9.p028225 / 18

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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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