Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 20, Shloka 6
दूत-नीति, शुक-प्रसङ्गः
Envoy-Ethics and the Episode of Śuka
बलंचामाकाशमावृत्यसर्वतोदशयोजनम् ।तत्त्वभूतंमहाराज क्षिप्रंवेदितुमर्हसि ।।।।
balaṃ cām ākāśam āvṛtya sarvato daśa-yojanam |
tattva-bhūtaṃ mahārāja kṣipraṃ veditum arhasi ||
மேலும் அந்த சேனை எல்லாத் திசைகளிலும் பத்து யோஜனை அளவிற்கு ஆகாயத்தை மூடியதுபோல் பரவி நிற்கிறது। ஓ மகாராஜா, உண்மையான நிலையை நீங்கள் உடனே அறிந்துகொள்ள வேண்டும்।
"Having heard the lamentation, Rama said to the Vanaras" Do not kill him. Set him free as he had come as an envoy."৷৷ ইত্যার্ষেবাল্মীকীযেশ্রীমদ্রামাযণেআদিকাব্যেযুদ্ধকাণ্ডেবিংশস্সর্গঃ ৷৷This is the end of the twentieth sarga of Yuddha Kanda of the first epic the holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.
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