Chapter 17 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 17.1

पुत्रत्वं तु गते विष्णौ राज्ञस्तस्य महात्मनः। उवाच देवताः सर्वाः स्वयंभूर्भगवानिदम्॥

putratvaṃ tu gate viṣṇau rājñastasya mahātmanaḥ| uvāca devatāḥ sarvāḥ svayaṃbhūrbhagavānidam||

English Meaning

When Vişņu had accepted the sonship of that high-souled king, the self-create Lord addressed the celestials, saying,

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