🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 1.2.38

Bāla-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Childhood · Sarga 2 · Verse 38

तावत् ऊर्ध्वम् अधः च त्वम् मत् लोकेषु निवत्स्यसि ।इति उक्त्वा भगवान् ब्रह्मा तत्र एव अन्तरधीयत ।ततः स शिष्यो भगवान् मुनिः विस्मयम् आययौ ॥१-२-३८॥
— Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.2.38 · Devanāgarī reading text

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APA: Vālmīki Maharṣi. (n.d.). Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Bāla-Kāṇḍa 1.2.38. Vidhyāmitra. Retrieved 2026-08-17, from https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/bala-kanda/2/38
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MLA: Vālmīki Maharṣi. "Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Bāla-Kāṇḍa 1.2.38." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/bala-kanda/2/38.
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