🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 5.21.18
Sundara-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Beauty · Sarga 21 · Verse 18
Place in the Rāmāyaṇa
- This is verse 18 of Sarga 21 in Sundara-Kāṇḍa (Kāṇḍa 5 of 7)
- Kāṇḍa theme: Hanumān's ocean-crossing to Laṅkā · Sītā-darśana at the Aśoka-vāṭikā · Rāma's ring delivered · Laṅkā-dahana · the most-recited kāṇḍa in bhakti-tradition · pure Rāma-nāma-mahimā
- Total ślokas in this Kāṇḍa: 2,810
Continue the Pāṭha
Read the complete Sundara-Kāṇḍa Sarga 21 (19 ślokas), return to the Sundara-Kāṇḍa sarga index, or enter the Rāmcharitamānas companion reading.
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APA: Vālmīki Maharṣi. (n.d.). Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Sundara-Kāṇḍa 5.21.18. Vidhyāmitra. Retrieved 2026-08-17, from https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/sundara-kanda/21/18
Chicago: Vālmīki Maharṣi. "Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Sundara-Kāṇḍa 5.21.18." Vidhyāmitra. Accessed 2026-08-17. https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/sundara-kanda/21/18.
MLA: Vālmīki Maharṣi. "Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Sundara-Kāṇḍa 5.21.18." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/sundara-kanda/21/18.
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