🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 1.1.53

Bāla-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Childhood · Sarga 1 · Verse 53

जहार भार्याम् रामस्य गृध्रम् हत्वा जटायुषम् ।गृध्रम् च निहतम् दृष्ट्वा हृताम् श्रुत्वा च मैथिलीम् ॥१-१-५३॥
— Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.1.53 · Devanāgarī reading text

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