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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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युद्धकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१२६6.126.p20976–6.126.p20980
युद्धकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१२६6.126.p20976

Sanskrit · 6.126.p20976

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे युद्धकाण्डे षड्विंशत्यधिकशततमः सर्गः ॥६-१२६॥ बहूनि नाम वर्षाणि गतस्य सुमहद्वनम्। शृणोम्यहं प्रीतिकरं मम नाथस्य कीर्तनम्॥ १॥

English · Meaning

In the revered Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Yuddha-kāṇḍa, the one-hundred-twenty-sixth chapter. “Many years indeed have passed since he went to the exceedingly vast forest. I hear the narration of my lord, which brings me joy.”

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युद्धकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१२६6.126.p20977

Sanskrit · 6.126.p20977

कल्याणी बत गाथेयं लौकिकी प्रतिभाति माम्। एति जीवन्तमानन्दो नरं वर्षशतादपि॥ २॥

English · Meaning

"This common saying indeed appears to me auspicious: joy comes to a living man even after a hundred years."

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युद्धकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१२६6.126.p20978

Sanskrit · 6.126.p20978

राघवस्य हरीणां च कथमासीत् समागमः। कस्मिन् देशे किमाश्रित्य तत्त्वमाख्याहि पृच्छतः॥ ३॥

English · Meaning

“How did the meeting of Rāghava and the monkeys come about? In what country, and relying on what, did it occur? Tell me the truth, for I am asking.”

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युद्धकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१२६6.126.p20979

Sanskrit · 6.126.p20979

स पृष्टो राजपुत्रेण बृस्यां समुपवेशितः। आचचक्षे ततः सर्वं रामस्य चरितं वने॥ ४॥

English · Meaning

He, being questioned by the prince and seated upon a mat, then told in full all the story of Rāma in the forest.

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युद्धकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१२६6.126.p20980

Sanskrit · 6.126.p20980

यथा प्रव्राजितो रामो मातुर्दत्तौ वरौ तव। यथा च पुत्रशोकेन राजा दशरथो मृतः॥ ५॥

English · Meaning

How Rāma was banished because of the two boons granted to your mother, and how King Daśaratha died from grief for his son.

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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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