🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 5.28.16

Sundara-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Beauty · Sarga 28 · Verse 16

सा जीवितं क्षिप्रमहं त्यजेयं विषेण शस्त्रेण शितेन वापि ।विषस्य दाता नहि मे ऽस्ति कश्चिच्छस्त्रस्य वा वेश्मनि राक्षसस्य ।। ५.२८.१६।।।। ॥५-२८-१६॥
— Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 5.28.16 · Devanāgarī reading text

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