🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 6.16.18

Yuddha-Kāṇḍa · The Book of War · Sarga 16 · Verse 18

Place in the Rāmāyaṇa

This is verse 18 of Sarga 16 in Yuddha-Kāṇḍa (Kāṇḍa 6 of 7)
Kāṇḍa theme: Setu-bandha to Laṅkā via Nala-Nīla's engineering · the great war · Kumbhakarṇa-Indrajit-Rāvaṇa fall sequentially · agni-parīkṣā · puṣpaka-yāna return · Rāma's coronation at Ayodhyā · Rāmarājya begins
Total ślokas in this Kāṇḍa: 5,578

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Read the complete Yuddha-Kāṇḍa Sarga 16 (27 ślokas), return to the Yuddha-Kāṇḍa sarga index, or enter the Rāmcharitamānas companion reading.

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APA: Vālmīki Maharṣi. (n.d.). Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Yuddha-Kāṇḍa 6.16.18. Vidhyāmitra. Retrieved 2026-08-18, from https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/yuddha-kanda/16/18

Chicago: Vālmīki Maharṣi. "Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Yuddha-Kāṇḍa 6.16.18." Vidhyāmitra. Accessed 2026-08-18. https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/yuddha-kanda/16/18.

MLA: Vālmīki Maharṣi. "Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Yuddha-Kāṇḍa 6.16.18." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/yuddha-kanda/16/18.

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