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वाल्मीकिप्रशंसा Valmiki Prashamsa

vālmīkipraśaṃsā

Valmiki Prashamsa (वाल्मीकिप्रशंसा): a stotra to Guru, by Kshemendra. 5 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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वाल्मीकिप्रशंसा

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Verse 1

ज्येष्ठो जयति वाल्मीकिः सर्गबन्धे प्रजापतिः ।यः सर्वहृदयालीनं काव्यं रामायणं व्यधात् ॥ १॥

jyeṣṭho jayati vālmīkiḥ sargabandhe prajāpatiḥ |yaḥ sarvahṛdayālīnaṃ kāvyaṃ rāmāyaṇaṃ vyadhāt || 1||

Verse 2

स्वच्छप्रवाहसुभगा मुनिमण्डलसेविता ।यस्मात् स्वर्गादिवोत्पन्ना पुण्या प्राची सरस्वती ॥ २॥

svacchapravāhasubhagā munimaṇḍalasevitā |yasmāt svargādivotpannā puṇyā prācī sarasvatī || 2||

Verse 3

नुमः सर्वोपजीव्यं तं कवीनां चक्रवर्तिनम् ।यस्येन्दुधवलैः श्लौकैर्भूषिता भुवनत्रयी ॥ ३॥

numaḥ sarvopajīvyaṃ taṃ kavīnāṃ cakravartinam |yasyendudhavalaiḥ ślaukairbhūṣitā bhuvanatrayī || 3||

Verse 4

स वः पुनातु वाल्मीकेः सूक्तामृतमहोदधिः ।ओङ्कार इव वर्णानां कवीनां प्रथमो मुनिः ॥ ४॥

sa vaḥ punātu vālmīkeḥ sūktāmṛtamahodadhiḥ |oṅkāra iva varṇānāṃ kavīnāṃ prathamo muniḥ || 4||

Verse 5

इति क्षेमेन्द्रविरचितायां रामायणमञ्जर्यां वाल्मीकिप्रशंसा समाप्ता ।पृ।१ श्लो २४, पृ\।५०९, श्लो\।२

iti kṣemendraviracitāyāṃ rāmāyaṇamañjaryāṃ vālmīkipraśaṃsā samāptā |pṛ|1 ślo 24, pṛ\|509, ślo\|2

॥ इति वाल्मीकिप्रशंसा सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Kshemendra.

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About Valmiki Prashamsa

Valmiki Prashamsa is a stotra addressed to Guru, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: वाल्मीकिप्रशंसा (vālmīkipraśaṃsā)). Kshemendra. Source: Stotra.

Valmiki Prashamsa (वाल्मीकिप्रशंसा): a stotra to Guru, by Kshemendra. 5 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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