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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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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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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५८5.58.p14838–5.58.p14842
सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५८5.58.p14838

Sanskrit · 5.58.p14838

विभीषणेनैवमुक्तो रावणः संदिदेश तान्। राक्षसानेतदेवाद्य लाङ्गूलं दह्यतामिति॥ १५१॥

English · Meaning

Rāvaṇa, thus addressed by Vibhīṣaṇa, gave orders to those Rākṣasas: ‘Then today let only this tail be burned.’

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५८5.58.p14839

Sanskrit · 5.58.p14839

ततस्तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा मम पुच्छं समन्ततः। वेष्टितं शणवल्कैश्च पट्टैः कार्पासकैस्तथा॥ १५२॥

English · Meaning

Then, having heard his words, they wrapped my tail all around with hemp fibers, strips of cloth, and cotton materials likewise.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५८5.58.p14840

Sanskrit · 5.58.p14840

राक्षसाः सिद्धसंनाहास्ततस्ते चण्डविक्रमाः। तदादीप्यन्त मे पुच्छं हनन्तः काष्ठमुष्टिभिः॥ १५३॥

English · Meaning

Then those Rākṣasas, fully equipped and of fierce valor, set my tail alight while striking it with wooden fists or clubs.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५८5.58.p14841

Sanskrit · 5.58.p14841

बद्धस्य बहुभिः पाशैर्यन्त्रितस्य च राक्षसैः। न मे पीडाभवत् काचिद् दिदृक्षोर्नगरीं दिवा॥ १५४॥

English · Meaning

Though bound, and also fastened by many cords by the Rākṣasas, no pain at all came to me, since by day I wished to see the city.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_५८5.58.p14842

Sanskrit · 5.58.p14842

ततस्ते राक्षसाः शूरा बद्धं मामग्निसंवृतम्। अघोषयन् राजमार्गे नगरद्वारमागताः॥ १५५॥

English · Meaning

Then those heroic rākṣasas, having arrived at the city gate, loudly proclaimed me, bound and enveloped in fire, on the royal road.

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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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