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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.39.17

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 39: Story of Sagara: Kapila’s anger and the sons’ destruction. The sons pass the elephants supporting the earth and find the horse beside Kapila, they accuse him of theft and his “huṃ” reduces them to ashes

In the sequence: continuing through the quarters, they similarly honor Mahāpadma in the south, Saumanasa in the west, and the snow-white Bhadra in the north

1.39.17

mahāpadmaṃ mahātmānaṃ sumahāparvatopamam
śirasā dhārayantaṃ te vismayaṃ jagmur uttamam

Mahāpadma, the great one, resembling a huge mountain, bearing (the earth) upon his head — and they were struck with the utmost wonder.

Words: mahāpadmaṃ — Mahāpadma; mahātmānaṃ — the great one; sumahāparvatopamam — resembling a very great mountain; śirasā — with (his) head; dhārayantaṃ — bearing, upholding; te — they; vismayaṃ — wonder, amazement; jagmur — attained, went to; uttamam — utmost, highest

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.