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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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युद्धकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४१6.41.p16688–6.41.p16692
युद्धकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४१6.41.p16688

Sanskrit · 6.41.p16688

अथ तस्मिन् निमित्तानि दृष्ट्वा लक्ष्मणपूर्वजः। सुग्रीवं सम्परिष्वज्य रामो वचनमब्रवीत्॥ १॥

English · Meaning

Then, having seen those omens there, Rāma, the elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa, embracing Sugrīva closely, spoke these words.

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युद्धकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४१6.41.p16689

Sanskrit · 6.41.p16689

असम्मन्त्र्य मया सार्धं तदिदं साहसं कृतम्। एवं साहसयुक्तानि न कुर्वन्ति जनेश्वराः॥ २॥

English · Meaning

Without consulting me, this rash act has been done. Lords of men do not do deeds attended by such rashness.

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युद्धकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४१6.41.p16690

Sanskrit · 6.41.p16690

संशये स्थाप्य मां चेदं बलं चेमं विभीषणम्। कष्टं कृतमिदं वीर साहसं साहसप्रिय॥ ३॥

English · Meaning

“Having placed me, this army, and this Vibhīṣaṇa in danger, a grievous thing has been done—this rash act, O hero, lover of rash deeds. ॥3॥” The form “साहसप्रिय” literally means “one who delights in daring,” and may be an admonitory address.

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युद्धकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४१6.41.p16691

Sanskrit · 6.41.p16691

इदानीं मा कृथा वीर एवंविधमरिंदम। त्वयि किंचित्समापन्ने किं कार्यं सीतया मम॥ ४॥

English · Meaning

Now, hero, do not do such a thing, O crusher of foes. If anything should befall you, what would I have to do with Sītā?

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युद्धकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४१6.41.p16692

Sanskrit · 6.41.p16692

भरतेन महाबाहो लक्ष्मणेन यवीयसा। शत्रुघ्नेन च शत्रुघ्न स्वशरीरेण वा पुनः॥ ५॥

English · Meaning

[The task could be undertaken] by Bharata, O mighty-armed one, by the younger Lakṣmaṇa, and by Śatrughna, O Śatrughna—or again by my own body.

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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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