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Shloka · Shri Ram

The first shloka

पहला श्लोक

2 lines · about 1 min to say · Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda 1.2.15, as valmikiramayan.net and sa.wikisource print it

Shri Ram

Shri Ram

Dharma in a person

मा निषाद प्रतिष्ठां त्वमगमः शाश्वतीः समाः ।

mā niṣāda pratiṣṭhāṁ tvamagamaḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ .

O hunter, may you find no rest for endless years,

यत् क्रौञ्चमिथुनादेकमवधीः काममोहितम् ॥

yat krauñcamithunādekamavadhīḥ kāmamohitam .

for you have killed one of this pair of krauncha birds, lost in love.