🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 5.9.21

Sundara-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Beauty · Sarga 9 · Verse 21

स गन्धः तम् महा सत्त्वम् बन्धुर् बन्धुम् इव उत्तमम् ।इत एहि इति उवाच इव तत्र यत्र स रावणः ॥५-९-२१॥
— Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 5.9.21 · Devanāgarī reading text

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