🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 1.7.23

Bāla-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Childhood · Sarga 7 · Verse 23

न अध्यगच्छत् विशिष्टम् वा तुल्यम् वा शत्रुम् आत्मनः ।मित्रवान् नत सामन्तः प्रताप हत कण्टकः ।स शशास जगत् राजा दिवि देव पतिर् यथा ॥१-७-२३॥
— Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.7.23 · Devanāgarī reading text

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