🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 1.20.12

Bāla-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Childhood · Sarga 20 · Verse 12

ज्येष्ठे धर्म प्रधाने च न रामम् नेतुम् अर्हसि ।किम् वीर्याः राक्षसाः ते च कस्य पुत्राः च के च ते ॥१-२०-१२॥
— Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.20.12 · Devanāgarī reading text

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