🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 1.61.19

Bāla-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Childhood · Sarga 61 · Verse 19

प्रायेण हि नरश्रेष्ठ ज्येष्ठाः पितृषु वल्लभाः ।मातॄणाम् च कनीयांसः तस्मात् रक्षे कनीयसम् ॥१-६१-१९॥
— Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.61.19 · Devanāgarī reading text

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