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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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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_९5.9.p12703–5.9.p12707
सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_९5.9.p12703

Sanskrit · 5.9.p12703

किङ्किणीजालसंकाशास्ता हेमविपुलाम्बुजाः। भावग्राहा यशस्तीराः सुप्ता नद्य इवाबभुः॥ ५१॥

English · Meaning

Those women, resembling nets of small bells and having broad golden lotuses, with feeling-seizing creatures and banks of fame, appeared like sleeping rivers.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_९5.9.p12704

Sanskrit · 5.9.p12704

मृदुष्वंगेषु कासांचित् कुचाग्रेषु च संस्थिताः। बभूवुर्भूषणानीव शुभा भूषणराजयः॥ ५२॥

English · Meaning

The auspicious rows of ornaments situated on the soft limbs and on the tips of the breasts became like ornaments.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_९5.9.p12705

Sanskrit · 5.9.p12705

अंशुकान्ताश्च कासांचिन्मुखमारुतकम्पिताः। उपर्युपरि वक्त्राणां व्याधूयन्ते पुनः पुनः॥ ५३॥

English · Meaning

And the garment-ends of some women, stirred by the wind from their mouths, are shaken again and again over the upper parts of their faces.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_९5.9.p12706

Sanskrit · 5.9.p12706

ताः पताका इवोद्‍धूताः पत्नीनां रुचिरप्रभाः। नानावर्णसुवर्णानां वक्त्रमूलेषु रेजिरे॥ ५४॥

English · Meaning

Those [garments], fluttering like banners and possessing lovely radiance, shone at the bases of the faces of the wives, made of gold of many colors.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_९5.9.p12707

Sanskrit · 5.9.p12707

ववल्गुश्चात्र कासांचित् कुण्डलानि शुभार्चिषाम्। मुखमारुतसंकम्पैर्मन्दं मन्दं च योषिताम्॥ ५५॥

English · Meaning

Here, the earrings of some of the women, with beautiful radiance, swayed slowly and gently from the movements caused by the breath from the women’s mouths.

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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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