🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 5.16.30

Sundara-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Beauty · Sarga 16 · Verse 30

हिम हत नलिनी इव नष्ट शोभा ।व्यसन परम्परया निपीड्यमाना ।सह चर रहिता इव चक्र वाकी ।जनक सुता कृपणाम् दशाम् प्रपन्ना ॥५-१६-३०॥
— Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 5.16.30 · Devanāgarī reading text

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