Janani Janmabhumishcha Swargadapi Gariyasi — Complete Lyrics
जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
अपि स्वर्णमयी लङ्का न मे लक्ष्मण रोचते।
जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी॥
api svarṇamayī laṅkā na me lakṣmaṇa rocate।
jananī janma-bhūmiś ca svargād api garīyasī॥
Even this Lanka made of gold does not please me, O Lakshmana; for one's mother and one's motherland are greater even than heaven itself. Spoken by Lord Rama after the conquest of golden Lanka, these words declare that no splendour, however dazzling, can outweigh the love a person owes to their mother and their native land.
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