Ramayana
इदमाख्यानमायुष्यं सौभाग्यं पापनाशनम् । रामायणं वेदसमं श्राद्धेषु श्रावयेद्बुधः ॥ 7-111-4 ॥
This narrative bestows long life, brings good fortune, and destroys sin; the wise man should have the Ramayana, which is equal to the Veda, recited at the rites for the ancestors.
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