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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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युद्धकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१७6.17.p15761–6.17.p15765
युद्धकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१७6.17.p15761

Sanskrit · 6.17.p15761

न भवन्तं मतिश्रेष्ठं समर्थं वदतां वरम्। अतिशाययितुं शक्तो बृहस्पतिरपि ब्रुवन्॥ ५१॥

English · Meaning

Even Brihaspati himself, while speaking, would not be able to surpass you, who are the foremost in intelligence, capable, and the best among speakers.

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युद्धकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१७6.17.p15762

Sanskrit · 6.17.p15762

न वादान्नापि संघर्षान्नाधिक्यान्न च कामतः। वक्ष्यामि वचनं राजन् यथार्थं राम गौरवात्॥ ५२॥

English · Meaning

I will not speak these words, O king, from contentious debate, nor from conflict, nor from overassertion, nor from desire; I will speak what is factual, O Rāma, out of respect.

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युद्धकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१७6.17.p15763

Sanskrit · 6.17.p15763

अर्थानर्थनिमित्तं हि यदुक्तं सचिवैस्तव। तत्र दोषं प्रपश्यामि क्रिया नह्युपपद्यते॥ ५३॥

English · Meaning

For what your ministers have said concerning the causes of benefit and harm, in that I see a flaw: the proposed action does not follow.

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युद्धकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१७6.17.p15764

Sanskrit · 6.17.p15764

ऋते नियोगात् सामर्थ्यमवबोद्धुं न शक्यते। सहसा विनियोगोऽपि दोषवान् प्रतिभाति मे॥ ५४॥

English · Meaning

Without assigning him a task, his capability cannot be ascertained. A sudden assignment too appears faulty to me.

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युद्धकाण्डम्/सर्गः_१७6.17.p15765

Sanskrit · 6.17.p15765

चारप्रणिहितं युक्तं यदुक्तं सचिवैस्तव। अर्थस्यासम्भवात् तत्र कारणं नोपपद्यते॥ ५५॥

English · Meaning

What was said by your ministers—that spies should be planted—is reasonable; but there, because the objective is not attainable, the rationale does not hold.

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Make yourself comfortable

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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