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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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श्रीमद्वाल्मीकीयरामायणम् (Sanskrit Wikisource)

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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किष्किन्धाकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२4.42.p11458–4.42.p11462
किष्किन्धाकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२4.42.p11458

Sanskrit · 4.42.p11458

एतावद् वानरैः शक्यं गन्तुं वानरपुङ्गवाः। अभास्करममर्यादं न जानीमस्ततः परम्॥ ५१॥

English · Meaning

This much is possible for monkeys to travel, O foremost of monkeys. Beyond that, we do not know the sunless, boundless region.

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किष्किन्धाकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२4.42.p11459

Sanskrit · 4.42.p11459

अवगम्य तु वैदेहीं निलयं रावणस्य च। अस्तं पर्वतमासाद्य पूर्णे मासे निवर्तत॥ ५२॥

English · Meaning

But after finding Vaidehī and also the dwelling of Rāvaṇa, having reached the mountain of setting, return when a month is complete.

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किष्किन्धाकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२4.42.p11460

Sanskrit · 4.42.p11460

ऊर्ध्वं मासान्न वस्तव्यं वसन् वध्यो भवेन्मम। सहैव शूरो युष्माभिः श्वशुरो मे गमिष्यति॥ ५३॥

English · Meaning

One must not stay beyond a month; if one remains, one becomes liable to be killed by me. My heroic father-in-law will go along with you. The transmitted wording identifies that companion as “my father-in-law” without explaining further here.

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किष्किन्धाकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२4.42.p11461

Sanskrit · 4.42.p11461

श्रोतव्यं सर्वमेतस्य भवद्भिर्दिष्टकारिभिः। गुरुरेष महाबाहुः श्वशुरो मे महाबलः॥ ५४॥

English · Meaning

All this is to be heard from him by you who carry out what has been assigned. This mighty-armed one is a teacher and my father-in-law, powerful in strength.

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किष्किन्धाकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२4.42.p11462

Sanskrit · 4.42.p11462

भवन्तश्चापि विक्रान्ताः प्रमाणं सर्व एव हि। प्रमाणमेनं संस्थाप्य पश्यध्वं पश्चिमां दिशम्॥ ५५॥

English · Meaning

And you too are valiant; all indeed are the measure. Having fixed this as the standard, look at the western direction.

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Make yourself comfortable

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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