Ramayana

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पठन् द्विजो वागृषभत्वमीयात् । स्यात् क्षत्रियो भूमिपतित्वमीयात् ॥ वणिग्जनः पण्यफलत्वमीयात् । जनश्च शूद्रोऽपि महत्त्वमीयात् ॥ १-१-१००

"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॥

english translation

paThan dvijo vAgRSabhatvamIyAt । syAt kSatriyo bhUmipatitvamIyAt ॥ vaNigjanaH paNyaphalatvamIyAt । janazca zUdro'pi mahattvamIyAt ॥ 1-1-100

hk transliteration by Sanscript