🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 5.28.20

Sundara-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Beauty · Sarga 28 · Verse 20

तस्यास्तु रामं प्रविचिन्तयन्त्या रामानुजं स्वं च कुलं शुभाङ्ग्याः ।शोकानिमित्तानि तथा बहूनि धैर्यार्जितानि प्रवराणि लोके ।प्रादुर्निमित्तानि तदा बभूवुः पुरापि सिद्धान्युपलक्षितानि । ॥५-२८-२०॥

— Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 5.28.20 · Devanāgarī reading text

Place in the Rāmāyaṇa

This is verse 20 of Sarga 28 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

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Read the complete Sundara-Kāṇḍa Sarga 28 (20 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 5.28.20. Vidhyāmitra. Retrieved 2026-08-18, from https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/sundara-kanda/28/20

Chicago: Vālmīki Maharṣi. "Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Sundara-Kāṇḍa 5.28.20." Vidhyāmitra. Accessed 2026-08-18. https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/sundara-kanda/28/20.

MLA: Vālmīki Maharṣi. "Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Sundara-Kāṇḍa 5.28.20." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/sundara-kanda/28/20.

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