🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 7.19.3

Uttara-Kāṇḍa · The Book of the Aftermath · Sarga 19 · Verse 3

निर्जिताः स्मेति वा ब्रूत एष मे हि सुनिश्चयः ।अन्यथा कुर्वतामेवं मोक्षो नैवोपपद्यते ।। ७.१९.३ ।।ततस्त्वभीरवः प्राज्ञाः पार्थिवा धर्मनिश्चयाः ।मन्त्रयित्वा ततो ऽन्योन्यं राजानः सुमहाबलाः ।निर्जिताः स्मेत्यभाषन्त ज्ञात्वा वरबलं रिपोः ॥७-१९-३॥

— Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 7.19.3 · Devanāgarī reading text

Place in the Rāmāyaṇa

This is verse 3 of Sarga 19 in Uttara-Kāṇḍa (Kāṇḍa 7 of 7)
Kāṇḍa theme: Rāvaṇa's pūrva-janma narrated · Rāmarājya's 11,000-year dharma-state · Sītā's second vanavāsa at Vālmīki's āśrama · Lava-Kuśa's upbringing · Rāma's aśvamedha · the mahā-prasthāna into Sarayū · Brahma-loka return
Total ślokas in this Kāṇḍa: 3,463

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Read the complete Uttara-Kāṇḍa Sarga 19 (32 ślokas), return to the Uttara-Kāṇḍa sarga index, or enter the Rāmcharitamānas companion reading.

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APA: Vālmīki Maharṣi. (n.d.). Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Uttara-Kāṇḍa 7.19.3. Vidhyāmitra. Retrieved 2026-08-18, from https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/uttara-kanda/19/3

Chicago: Vālmīki Maharṣi. "Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Uttara-Kāṇḍa 7.19.3." Vidhyāmitra. Accessed 2026-08-18. https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/uttara-kanda/19/3.

MLA: Vālmīki Maharṣi. "Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Uttara-Kāṇḍa 7.19.3." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/uttara-kanda/19/3.

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