🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 1.18.12
Bāla-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Childhood · Sarga 18 · Verse 12
⭐ This verse is part of the Rāma-Janma textual passage
Vālmīki Bāla-Kāṇḍa 1.18.8-15 preserves the janma descriptions in the primary text. Vidhyamitra receives the passage as śāstra without turning it into an exact modern civil date or a claim of astronomical verification.
Place in the Rāmāyaṇa
- This is verse 12 of Sarga 18 in Bāla-Kāṇḍa (Kāṇḍa 1 of 7)
- Kāṇḍa theme: Rāma's janma passage in Sarga 18 · Viśvāmitra's yajña-protection · Sītā-svayaṁvara at Mithilā · the four brothers as ONE Viṣṇu in 4-fold
- Total ślokas in this Kāṇḍa: 2,267
- ⭐ Rāma-janma source: this verse is part of Vālmīki 1.18.8-15 · see /rama
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Read the complete Bāla-Kāṇḍa Sarga 18 (59 ślokas), return to the Bāla-Kāṇḍa sarga index, or enter the Rāmcharitamānas companion reading.
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APA: Vālmīki Maharṣi. (n.d.). Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Bāla-Kāṇḍa 1.18.12. Vidhyāmitra. Retrieved 2026-08-17, from https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/bala-kanda/18/12
Chicago: Vālmīki Maharṣi. "Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Bāla-Kāṇḍa 1.18.12." Vidhyāmitra. Accessed 2026-08-17. https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/bala-kanda/18/12.
MLA: Vālmīki Maharṣi. "Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Bāla-Kāṇḍa 1.18.12." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/bala-kanda/18/12.
Text address: https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/bala-kanda/18/12 · rebuilt from pinned digital witnesses with confirmed publication authorization; this remains a digital-witness address, not a universal recension claim.
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