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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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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१५5.15.p12986–5.15.p12990
सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१५5.15.p12986

Sanskrit · 5.15.p12986

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे सुन्दरकाण्डे पञ्चदशः सर्गः ॥५-१५॥ स वीक्षमाणस्तत्रस्थो मार्गमाणश्च मैथिलीम्। अवेक्षमाणश्च महीं सर्वां तामन्ववैक्षत॥ १॥

English · Meaning

In the revered Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Sundara Kāṇḍa, this is the fifteenth chapter. Standing there and observing, searching for Maithilī, and looking over the entire earth, he examined that whole earth closely.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१५5.15.p12987

Sanskrit · 5.15.p12987

संतानकलताभिश्च पादपैरुपशोभिताम्। दिव्यगन्धरसोपेतां सर्वतः समलंकृताम्॥ २॥

English · Meaning

[He examined] the earth adorned everywhere with spreading creepers and trees, endowed with divine fragrances and flavors, and completely ornamented on every side.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१५5.15.p12988

Sanskrit · 5.15.p12988

तां स नन्दनसंकाशां मृगपक्षिभिरावृताम्। हर्म्यप्रासादसम्बाधां कोकिलाकुलनिःस्वनाम्॥ ३॥

English · Meaning

He examined that [earth], resembling the garden of Nandana, covered with deer and birds, crowded with mansions and palaces, and filled with the clamorous sounds of cuckoos.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१५5.15.p12989

Sanskrit · 5.15.p12989

काञ्चनोत्पलपद्माभिर्वापीभिरुपशोभिताम्। बह्वासनकुथोपेतां बहुभूमिगृहायुताम्॥ ४॥

English · Meaning

[He examined the earth] adorned with pools containing golden water-lilies and lotuses, furnished with many seats and mats, and supplied with many-storied houses.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१५5.15.p12990

Sanskrit · 5.15.p12990

सर्वर्तुकुसुमै रम्यैः फलवद्भिश्च पादपैः। पुष्पितानामशोकानां श्रिया सूर्योदयप्रभाम्॥ ५॥

English · Meaning

With charming trees bearing flowers in every season and also bearing fruit, by the splendor of the blossoming aśoka trees, it looked like the radiance of sunrise.

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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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