🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 6.40.16
Yuddha-Kāṇḍa · The Book of War · Sarga 40 · Verse 16
Place in the Rāmāyaṇa
- This is verse 16 of Sarga 40 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 40 (30 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 6.40.16. Vidhyāmitra. Retrieved 2026-08-18, from https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/yuddha-kanda/40/16
Chicago: Vālmīki Maharṣi. "Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Yuddha-Kāṇḍa 6.40.16." Vidhyāmitra. Accessed 2026-08-18. https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/yuddha-kanda/40/16.
MLA: Vālmīki Maharṣi. "Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Yuddha-Kāṇḍa 6.40.16." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/yuddha-kanda/40/16.
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