🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 5.40.3

Sundara-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Beauty · Sarga 40 · Verse 3

यथा तं पुरुषव्याघ्रं गात्रैः शोकाभिकर्शितैः ।संस्पृशेयं सकामा ऽहं तथा कुरु दयां मयि ।। ५.४०.३।।।। ॥५-४०-३॥
— Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 5.40.3 · Devanāgarī reading text

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