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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.39.21

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

1.39.21

uttarasyāṃ raghuśreṣṭha dadṛśur himapāṇḍuram
bhadraṃ bhadreṇa vapuṣā dhārayantaṃ mahīm imām

In the north, O best of the Raghus, they beheld Bhadra, white as snow, upholding this earth with his auspicious body.

Words: uttarasyāṃ — in the north; raghuśreṣṭha — O best of the Raghus; dadṛśur — they beheld; himapāṇḍuram — white as snow; bhadraṃ — Bhadra (the elephant); bhadreṇa — auspicious, excellent; vapuṣā — with (his) body; dhārayantaṃ — upholding, bearing; mahīm — the earth; imām — this

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.