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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_५८5.58.p14738–5.58.p14742
सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५८5.58.p14738

Sanskrit · 5.58.p14738

अहं लङ्कापुरी वीर निर्जिता विक्रमेण ते। यस्मात् तस्माद् विजेतासि सर्वरक्षांस्यशेषतः॥ ५१॥

English · Meaning

I am the city of Lanka, hero, conquered by your prowess. Since this is so, therefore you will conquer all the rakshasas completely.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५८5.58.p14739

Sanskrit · 5.58.p14739

तत्राहं सर्वरात्रं तु विचरञ्जनकात्मजाम्। रावणान्तःपुरगतो न चापश्यं सुमध्यमाम्॥ ५२॥

English · Meaning

There I wandered throughout the whole night, searching for Janaka’s daughter. Having entered Ravana’s inner apartments, I did not see the slender-waisted woman.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५८5.58.p14740

Sanskrit · 5.58.p14740

ततः सीतामपश्यंस्तु रावणस्य निवेशने। शोकसागरमासाद्य न पारमुपलक्षये॥ ५३॥

English · Meaning

Then I saw Sita in Ravana’s residence. Having reached an ocean of grief, I could discern no farther shore or end.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५८5.58.p14741

Sanskrit · 5.58.p14741

शोचता च मया दृष्टं प्राकारेणाभिसंवृतम्। काञ्चनेन विकृष्टेन गृहोपवनमुत्तमम्॥ ५४॥

English · Meaning

And by me, while grieving, there was seen an excellent grove of houses, enclosed by a rampart, of stretched-out gold.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५८5.58.p14742

Sanskrit · 5.58.p14742

सप्राकारमवप्लुत्य पश्यामि बहुपादपम्। अशोकवनिकामध्ये शिंशपापादपो महान्॥ ५५॥

English · Meaning

Having leapt over the wall, I see a many-treed grove: in the midst of the aśoka grove is a great śiṃśapā tree.

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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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