🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 1.5.16

Bāla-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Childhood · Sarga 5 · Verse 16

चित्रम् अष्टापद आकाराम् वर नारी गणैर् युताम् ।सर्व रत्न समाकीर्णाम् विमान गृह शोभिताम् ॥१-५-१६॥
— Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.5.16 · Devanāgarī reading text

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