Maa Kali dressed with lights, flowers, and the scythe of the shrine.

Sacred Learning

Bāla-kāṇḍa, sarga 1

Vālmīki asks Nārada. Verse 1.1 is opened from the vulgate.

A first slice is open

The first sarga of the Bāla-kāṇḍa is the conversation that begins the poem. This library opens the first verse; later verses of the sarga remain indexed.