🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 6.89.16

Yuddha-Kāṇḍa · The Book of War · Sarga 89 · Verse 16

अभीतवदनः क्रुद्धो रावणिं लक्ष्मणौ युधि।नैवं रणगताः शूराः प्रहरन्ते निशाचर ।। ६.८९.१६ ।।न्।लघवश्चाल्पवीर्याश्च सुखा हीमे शरास्तव।नैवं शूरास्तु युध्यन्ते समरे जयकाङ्क्षिणः ॥६-८९-१६॥

— Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 6.89.16 · Devanāgarī reading text

Place in the Rāmāyaṇa

This is verse 16 of Sarga 89 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 89 (42 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 6.89.16. Vidhyāmitra. Retrieved 2026-08-17, from https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/yuddha-kanda/89/16

Chicago: Vālmīki Maharṣi. "Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Yuddha-Kāṇḍa 6.89.16." Vidhyāmitra. Accessed 2026-08-17. https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/yuddha-kanda/89/16.

MLA: Vālmīki Maharṣi. "Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Yuddha-Kāṇḍa 6.89.16." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/yuddha-kanda/89/16.

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