🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 5.20.1

Sundara-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Beauty · Sarga 20 · Verse 1

सीताया वचनं श्रुत्वा परुषं राक्षसाधिपः ।प्रत्युवाच ततः सीतां विप्रियं प्रियदर्शनाम् ।। ५.२०.१।।।। ॥५-२०-१॥
— Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 5.20.1 · Devanāgarī reading text

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