🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 7.47.5

Uttara-Kāṇḍa · The Book of the Aftermath · Sarga 47 · Verse 5

श्रेयो हि मरणं मे ऽद्य मृत्युर्वा यत्परं भवेत् ।न चास्मिन्नीदृशे कार्ये नियोज्यो लोकनिन्दिते ॥७-४७-५॥
— Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 7.47.5 · Devanāgarī reading text

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