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Ramayana [sanskrit]
175,075 words | ISBN-10: 8129302500 | ISBN-13: 9788129302502
This Sanskrit edition of the Ramayana: An ancient epic revolving around the life and legends of Rama, Sita and Ravana. Original titles: Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (वाल्मीकि रामायण) or Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa (वाल्मीकिरामायण)
Chapter 18
tacchrutvā rājasiṃhasya vākyamadbhutavistaram |
hṛṣṭaromā mahātejā viśvāmitro'bhyabhāṣata || 1 ||
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sadṛśaṃ rājaśārdūla tavaitadbhuvi nānyataḥ |
mahāvaṃśaprasūtasya vasiṣṭhavyapadeśinaḥ || 2 ||
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yattu me hṛdgataṃ vākyaṃ tasya kāryasya niścayam |
kuruṣva rājaśārdūla bhava satyapratiśravaḥ || 3 ||
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ahaṃ niyamamātiṣṭha siddhyarthaṃ puruṣarṣabha |
tasya vighnakarau dvau tu rākṣasau kāmarūpiṇau || 4 ||
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vrate me bahuśaścīrṇe samāptyāṃ rākṣasāvimau |
mārīcaśca subāhuśca vīryavantau suśikṣitau |
tau māṃsarudhiraugheṇa vediṃ tāmabhyavarṣatām || 5 ||
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avadhūte tathā bhūte tasminniyamaniścaye |
kṛtaśramo nirutsāhastasmāddeśādapākrame || 6 ||
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na ca me krodhamutsraṣṭuṃ buddhirbhavati pārthiva |
tathābhūtā hi sā caryā na śāpastatra mucyate || 7 ||
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svaputraṃ rājaśārdūla rāmaṃ satyaparākramam |
kākapakṣadharaṃ śūraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ me dātumarhasi || 8 ||
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śakto hyeṣa mayā gupto divyena svena tejasā |
rākṣasā ye vikartārasteṣāmapi vināśane || 9 ||
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śreyaścāsmai pradāsyāmi bahurūpaṃ na saṃśayaḥ |
trayāṇāmapi lokānāṃ yena khyātiṃ gamiṣyati || 10 ||
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na ca tau rāmamāsādya śaktau sthātuṃ kathaṃ cana |
na ca tau rāghavādanyo hantumutsahate pumān || 11 ||
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vīryotsiktau hi tau pāpau kālapāśavaśaṃ gatau |
rāmasya rājaśārdūla na paryāptau mahātmanaḥ || 12 ||
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na ca putrakṛtaṃ snehaṃ kartumarhasi pārthiva |
ahaṃ te pratijānāmi hatau tau viddhi rākṣasau || 13 ||
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ahaṃ vedmi mahātmānaṃ rāmaṃ satyaparākramam |
vasiṣṭho'pi mahātejā ye ceme tapasi sthitāḥ || 14 ||
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yadi te dharmalābhaṃ ca yaśaśca paramaṃ bhuvi |
sthiramicchasi rājendra rāmaṃ me dātumarhasi || 15 ||
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yadyabhyanujñāṃ kākutstha dadate tava mantriṇaḥ |
vasiṣṭha pramukhāḥ sarve tato rāmaṃ visarjaya || 16 ||
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abhipretamasaṃsaktamātmajaṃ dātumarhasi |
daśarātraṃ hi yajñasya rāmaṃ rājīvalocanam || 17 ||
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nātyeti kālo yajñasya yathāyaṃ mama rāghava |
tathā kuruṣva bhadraṃ te mā ca śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ || 18 ||
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ityevamuktvā dharmātmā dharmārthasahitaṃ vacaḥ |
virarāma mahātejā viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ || 19 ||
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iti hṛdayamanovidāraṇaṃ munivacanaṃ tadatīva śuśruvān |
narapatiragamadbhayaṃ mahadvyathitamanāḥ pracacāla cāsanāt || 20 ||
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Other print editions:
Also see the following print editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Ramayana Chapter 18
Valmiki-Ramayana
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2011)
[Two Volumes] With Sanskrit text and English translation.
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Ramayana of Valmiki (Hindi Translation)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2011)
A Set of Two Volumes (Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation)
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Ramayana (Marathi Translation)
by Swadhyaya Mandal (Vedic Research Centre), Gujarat (1967)
Set of 10 Volumes
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Valmiki Ramayanam (with Five Sanskrit Commentaries)
by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (2008)
Sanskrit only in Seven Volumes
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Burmese Ramayana
by Ohno Toru [B.R. Publishing Corporation] (2000)
With an English Translation of The Original Palm Leaf Manuscript in Burmese Language in 1233 year of Burmese Era (1871 A.D.)
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Srimad Valmikiya Ramayana in Bengali
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2015)
শ্রীমদ্বাল্মীকীয় রামায়ণ:
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Srimad Valmiki Ramayana in Gujarati
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2013)
શ્રીમદવાલ્મીકીય રામાયણ: [Set of 2 Volumes]
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The Ramayana of Valmiki in Kannada
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2018)
ಶ್ರೀ ಮದ್ವಲ್ಮಿಕಿ ರಾಮಾಯಣ: [Set of 3 Volumes]
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Srimad Valmiki Ramayanam and Srimad Bhagavad Gita - Malayalam
by Swami Siddhinathananda & Swami Ranganathananda [Ramakrishna Math, Thrissur] (2019)
രാമായണം: [Set of 3 Volumes]
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Shrimad Valmiki Ramayana Mulam (Telugu)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2019)
వాల్మీకీ రామాయణం [Set of 3 Volumes]
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