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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 23
tathā tāsāṃ vadantīnāṃ paruṣaṃ dāruṇaṃ bahu |
rākṣasīnāmasaumyānāṃ ruroda janakātmajā || 1 ||
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evamuktā tu vaidehī rākṣasībhirmanasvinī |
uvāca paramatrastā bāṣpagadgadayā girā || 2 ||
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na mānuṣī rākṣasasya bhāryā bhavitumarhati |
kāmaṃ khādata māṃ sarvā na kariṣyāmi vo vacaḥ || 3 ||
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sā rākṣasī madhyagatā sītā surasutopamā |
na śarma lebhe duḥkhārtā rāvaṇena ca tarjitā || 4 ||
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vepate smādhikaṃ sītā viśantīvāṅgamātmanaḥ |
vane yūthaparibhraṣṭā mṛgī kokairivārditā || 5 ||
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sā tvaśokasya vipulāṃ śākhāmālambya puṣpitām |
cintayāmāsa śokena bhartāraṃ bhagnamānasā || 6 ||
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sā snāpayantī vipulau stanau netrajalasravaiḥ |
cintayantī na śokasya tadāntamadhigacchati || 7 ||
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sā vepamānā patitā pravāte kadalī yathā |
rākṣasīnāṃ bhayatrastā vivarṇavadanābhavat || 8 ||
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tasyā sā dīrghavipulā vepantyāḥ sītayā tadā |
dadṛśe kampinī veṇī vyālīva parisarpatī || 9 ||
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sā niḥśvasantī duḥkhārtā śokopahatacetanā |
ārtā vyasṛjadaśrūṇi maithilī vilalāpa ha || 10 ||
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hā rāmeti ca duḥkhārtā punarhā lakṣmaṇeti ca |
hā śvaśru mama kausalye hā sumitreti bhāvini || 11 ||
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lokapravādaḥ satyo'yaṃ paṇḍitaiḥ samudāhṛtaḥ |
akāle durlabho mṛtyuḥ striyā vā puruṣasya vā || 12 ||
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yatrāhamābhiḥ krūrābhī rākṣasībhirihārditā |
jīvāmi hīnā rāmeṇa muhūrtamapi duḥkhitā || 13 ||
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eṣālpapuṇyā kṛpaṇā vinaśiṣyāmyanāthavat |
samudramadhye nau pūrṇā vāyuvegairivāhatā || 14 ||
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bhartāraṃ tamapaśyantī rākṣasīvaśamāgatā |
sīdāmi khalu śokena kūlaṃ toyahataṃ yathā || 15 ||
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taṃ padmadalapatrākṣaṃ siṃhavikrāntagāminam |
dhanyāḥ paśyanti me nāthaṃ kṛtajñaṃ priyavādinam || 16 ||
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sarvathā tena hīnāyā rāmeṇa viditātmanā |
tīṣkṇaṃ viṣamivāsvādya durlabhaṃ mama jīvitam || 17 ||
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kīdṛśaṃ tu mayā pāpaṃ purā dehāntare kṛtam |
yenedaṃ prāpyate duḥkhaṃ mayā ghoraṃ sudāruṇam || 18 ||
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jīvitaṃ tyaktumicchāmi śokena mahatā vṛtā |
rākṣasībhiśca rakṣantyā rāmo nāsādyate mayā || 19 ||
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dhigastu khalu mānuṣyaṃ dhigastu paravaśyatām |
na śakyaṃ yat parityaktumātmacchandena jīvitam || 20 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Ramayana Chapter 23
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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