🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 2.42.16
Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Ayodhyā · Sarga 42 · Verse 16
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- This is verse 16 of Sarga 42 in Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa (Kāṇḍa 2 of 7)
- Kāṇḍa theme: Rāma's coronation aborted by Kaikeyī · 14-year vanavāsa begins · Daśaratha's death from grief · Bharata's pādukā-rāj at Nandigrāma · the maryādā-puruṣottama discipline activated
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