🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 1.6.18

Bāla-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Childhood · Sarga 6 · Verse 18

दीर्घ आयुषो नराः सर्वे धर्मम् सत्यम् च संश्रिताः ।सहिताः पुत्र पौत्रैः च नित्यम् स्त्रीभिः पुरोत्तमे ॥१-६-१८॥
— Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.6.18 · Devanāgarī reading text

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