🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 5.48.51

Sundara-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Beauty · Sarga 48 · Verse 51

अहो महत् कर्म कृतं निरर्थकं न राक्षसैर्मन्त्रगतिर्विमृष्टा ।पुनश्च नास्त्रे विहते ऽस्त्रमन्यत् प्रवर्तते संशयिताः स्म सर्वे ।। ५.४८.५१।।।। ॥५-४८-५१॥
— Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 5.48.51 · Devanāgarī reading text

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MLA: Vālmīki Maharṣi. "Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Sundara-Kāṇḍa 5.48.51." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/sundara-kanda/48/51.
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