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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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किष्किन्धाकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२4.42.p11408–4.42.p11412
किष्किन्धाकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२4.42.p11408

Sanskrit · 4.42.p11408

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे किष्किन्धाकाण्डे द्विचत्वारिंशः सर्गः ॥४-४२॥ अथ प्रस्थाप्य स हरीन् सुग्रीवो दक्षिणां दिशम्। अब्रवीन्मेघसंकाशं सुषेणं नाम वानरम्॥ १॥

English · Meaning

In the revered Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Kiṣkindhā Book, the forty-second canto. 4.42. Then, having dispatched the monkeys, Sugrīva addressed the monkey named Suṣeṇa, who was like a cloud, toward the southern direction.

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किष्किन्धाकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२4.42.p11409

Sanskrit · 4.42.p11409

तारायाः पितरं राजा श्वशुरं भीमविक्रमम्। अब्रवीत् प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यमभिगम्य प्रणम्य च॥ २॥

English · Meaning

Having approached and bowed, the king, with joined palms, spoke these words to Tārā’s father, his father-in-law, Bhīma in prowess:

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किष्किन्धाकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२4.42.p11410

Sanskrit · 4.42.p11410

महर्षिपुत्रं मारीचमर्चिष्मन्तं महाकपिम्। वृतं कपिवरैः शूरैर्महेन्द्रसदृशद्युतिम्॥ ३॥

English · Meaning

The great monkey, the son of a great seer, Mārica, radiant, surrounded by eminent monkey-heroes, brave, and possessing a splendor like that of Mahendra.

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किष्किन्धाकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२4.42.p11411

Sanskrit · 4.42.p11411

बुद्धिविक्रमसम्पन्नं वैनतेयसमद्युतिम्। मरीचिपुत्रान् मारीचानर्चिर्माल्यान् महाबलान्॥ ४॥

English · Meaning

Endowed with intelligence and prowess, possessing a splendor like that of Garuda; the sons of Marīci, the Marīcas, garlanded with radiance and endowed with great strength.

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किष्किन्धाकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२4.42.p11412

Sanskrit · 4.42.p11412

ऋषिपुत्रांश्च तान् सर्वान् प्रतीचीमादिशद् दिशम्। द्वाभ्यां शतसहस्राभ्यां कपीनां कपिसत्तमाः॥ ५॥

English · Meaning

And all those sons of sages he assigned to the western direction, with two hundred thousand monkeys, O best of monkeys.

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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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