पठन् द्विजो वागृषभत्वमीयात् | स्यात् क्षत्रियो भूमिपतित्वमीयात् || वणिग्जनः पण्यफलत्वमीयात् | जनश्च शूद्रोऽपि महत्त्वमीयात् || १-१-१००
Translation
"By reading this Ramayana, that person if a Brahmana obtains excellency in speech, if a Kshatriya obtains land-lordship, if Vaisya attains profit in trade and even if a Sudra attains excellence." Thus Sage Narada gave a gist of Ramayana to Sage-poet Valmiki. [1-1-100]
Audio Recitation
Word by word
paThan
By reading [this Ramayana]
janaH
[that] person
dvijaH syaat
if a Brahmana
vaagR^iShabhatvam iiyaat
obtains excellency in speech
kShatriyaH [syaat]
if Kshatriya
bhuumipatitvam iiyaat
obtains land-lordship
vaNigjanaH
if Vysya
paNyaphalatvam iiyaat
attains profit in trade
shuudraH api ca
if even a Sudra
mahatvam iiyaat
attains excellence.
Chapter context
Narada briefs Valmiki about Rama and Ramayana in a nutshell
86 verses · Verse 100 of 86
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