Rāmāyaṇa · Sanskrit Story
The Āditya Hṛdayam
आदित्यहृदयम्
वाल्मीकि रामायण — युद्धकाण्डः, सर्ग १०७ (c. 500 BCE) · Beginner Sanskrit
Moral · नीतिः
सूर्यस्मरणेन शक्तिः, शक्त्या विजयः।
sūryasmaraṇena śaktiḥ, śaktyā vijayaḥ.
“By remembering the Sun, power; by power, victory”
Rāma's Exhaustion
भीषणे युद्धे रामः रावणेन सह दीर्घकालं अयुध्यत। रावणः बहुमस्तकः अजेयः इव प्रतीयत। रामः श्रान्तः चिन्तितः रणभूमौ अतिष्ठत्। सूर्यः अपि मेघैः आच्छादितः आसीत्। देवाः च विचारयन्ति स्म — "रामः कथं जयिष्यति?"
In the terrible battle, Rāma fought with Rāvaṇa for a long time. Rāvaṇa with many heads seemed unconquerable. Rāma, exhausted and anxious, stood on the battlefield. Even the sun was covered with clouds. The gods too were thinking — "How will Rāma be victorious?"
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