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The Ramayana Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the The Ramayana novel. A total of 202 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Ramayana.INVOCATION.(1) Praise to Valmiki,(2)bird of charming song,(3) Who mounts on
The Ramayana.INVOCATION.(1) Praise to Valmiki,(2)bird of charming song,(3) Who mounts on Poesy's sublimest spray, And sweetly sings with accent clear and strong Rama, aye Rama, in his deathless lay.Where breathes the man can listen to the strain That
- 1 The Ramayana.INVOCATION.(1) Praise to Valmiki,(2)bird of charming song,(3) Who mounts on Poesy's sublimest spray, And sweetly sings with accent clear and strong Rama, aye Rama, in his deathless lay.Where breathes the man can listen to the strain That
- 2 He spoke, and vanished into air, And left Valmiki wondering there.The pupils of the holy man, Moved by their love of him, began To chant that verse, and ever more They marvelled as they sang it o'er: "Behold, the four-lined balanced rime, Repeat
- 3 Canto V. Ayodhya."Ikshvaku's sons from days of old Were ever brave and mighty-souled.The land their arms had made their own Was bounded by the sea alone.Their holy works have won them praise, Through countless years, from Manu's days.Their ancient sire
- 4 But splendid, just, and great of mind, The childless king for offspring pined.No son had he his name to grace, Transmitter of his royal race.Long had his anxious bosom wrought, And as he pondered rose the thought: "A votive steed 'twere good to slay, So
- 5 Thus loved and honoured by the king, The glorious Brahman Rishyasring Pa.s.sed in that royal town his life With Santa his beloved wife."Canto X. Rishyasring Invited."Again, O best of kings, give ear: My saving words attentive hear, And listen to the tal
- 6 Vasish?ha's speech without delay Sumantra bent him to obey.And sent his trusty envoys forth Eastward and westward, south and north.Obedient to the saint's request Himself he hurried forth, and pressed Each n.o.bler chief and lord and king To hasten to t
- 7 Thus by the gathered G.o.ds addressed He pondered in his secret breast, And said: "One only way I find To slay this fiend of evil mind.He prayed me once his life to guard From demon, G.o.d, and heavenly bard, And spirits of the earth and air, And I conse
- 8 They both endowed with Garu?'s might, And skilled in all the arts of fight, Wandered in arms the forest through, And lions, snakes, and tigers, slew.But every monkey, ape, and bear Ever was Bali's special care; With his vast strength and mighty arm He k
- 9 Canto XIX. The Birth Of The Princes.The seasons six in rapid flight Had circled since that glorious rite.Eleven months had pa.s.sed away; 'Twas Chaitra's ninth returning day.(130) The moon within that mansion shone Which Aditi looks kindly on.Raised to
- 10 If thou would do the righteous deed, And win high fame, thy virtue's meed, Fame that on earth shall last and live, To me, great King, thy Rama give.If to the words that I have said, With Saint Vasish?ha at their head Thy holy men, O King, agree, Then let
- 11 No one is there in all the land Thine equal for the vigorous hand.Thou, when thy lips p.r.o.nounce the spell, Shalt have no peer in heaven or h.e.l.l.None in the world with thee shall vie, O sinless one, in apt reply, In fortune, knowledge, wit, and tact,
- 12 She, by his awful curse possessed, And mad with rage that fills her breast, Has on this land her fury dealt Where once the saint Agastya dwelt.Go, Rama, smite this monster dead, The wicked plague, of power so dread, And further by this deed of thine The g
- 13 With joy the pride of Raghu's race Received the hermit's proffered grace, Mysterious arms, to check and stay, Or smite the foeman in the fray.Then, all with heavenly forms endued, Nigh came the wondrous mult.i.tude.Celestial in their bright attire Some
- 14 They travelled far, till in the west The sun was speeding to his rest, And made, their portioned journey o'er, Their halt on Sona's(171) distant sh.o.r.e.The hermits bathed when sank the sun, And every rite was duly done, Oblations paid to Fire, and the
- 15 Bound by a vow I left her side And to the Perfect convent hied.There, by the aid 'twas thine to lend, Made perfect, all my labours end.Thus, mighty Prince, I now have told My race and lineage, high and old, And local tales of long ago Which thou, O Rama,
- 16 Deep let your searching labour reach, A league in depth dug out by each.The robber of our horse pursue, And please your sire who orders you.My grandson, I, this priestly train, Till the steed comes, will here remain."Their eager hearts with transport bur
- 17 He ruled, a mighty king, unblamed, Sire of Dilipa justly famed.To him, his child and worthy heir, The king resigned his kingdom's care, And on Himalaya's pleasant side His task austere of penance plied.Bright as a G.o.d in clear renown He planned to bri
- 18 Rich, prosperous, and blest were they, And grief and sickness fled away.Thus, Rama, I at length have told How Ganga came from heaven of old.Now, for the evening pa.s.ses swift, I wish thee each auspicious gift.This story of the flood's descent Will give-
- 19 When but a blighted bud was left, Which Indra's hand in seven had cleft:(213) "No fault, O Lord of G.o.ds, is thine; The blame herein is only mine.But for one grace I fain would pray, As thou hast reft this hope away.This bud, O Indra, which a blight Ha
- 20 Then thus the king began to say: "The G.o.ds have blest my rite to-day, And with the sight of thee repaid The preparations I have made.Grateful am I, so highly blest, That thou, of saints the holiest, Hast come, O Brahman, here with all These hermits to
- 21 The great Vasish?ha, thus addressed, Arch-hermit of the holy breast, To Visvamitra answer made, The king whom all the land obeyed: "Not for a hundred thousand,-nay, Not if ten million thou wouldst pay, With silver heaps the price to swell,- Will I my cow
- 22 But Visvamitra, at the threat Of that ill.u.s.trious anch.o.r.et, Cried, as he launched with ready hand A fiery weapon, "Stand, O Stand!"Vasish?ha, wild with rage and hate, Raising, as 'twere the Rod of Fate, His mighty Brahman wand on high, To Visvami
- 23 Then Kusik's son, by pity warmed, Spoke sweetly to the king transformed: "Hail! glory of Ikshvaku's line: I know how bright thy virtues s.h.i.+ne.Dismiss thy fear, O n.o.blest Chief, For I myself will bring relief.The holiest saints will I invite To ce
- 24 The glory of Ikshvaku's line Made offer of a thousand kine, And sought to buy at lordly price A victim for the sacrifice.To many a distant land he drove, To many a people, town, and grove, And holy shades where hermits rest, Pursuing still his eager ques
- 25 Around him in the summer days Five mighty fires combined to blaze.In floods of rain no veil was spread Save clouds, to canopy his head.In the dank dews both night and day Couched in the stream the hermit lay.Thus, till a thousand years had fled, He plied
- 26 With cloudless l.u.s.tre rose the sun; The king, his morning wors.h.i.+p done, Ordered his heralds to invite The princes and the anchorite.With honour, as the laws decree, The monarch entertained the three.Then to the youths and saintly man Videha's lord
- 27 Canto LXIX. Dasaratha's Visit.Soon as the shades of night had fled, Thus to the wise Sumantra said The happy king, while priest and peer, Each in his place, were standing near: "Let all my treasurers to-day, Set foremost in the long array, With gold and
- 28 His son and heir was Mithi, and His Janak, first who ruled this land.He left a son Udavasu, Blest with all virtues, good and true.His son was Nandivardhan, dear For pious heart and worth sincere.His son Suketu, hero brave, To Devarat, existence gave.King
- 29 Such signs of exultation they Saw on the princes' wedding day.Still rang the heavenly music's sound When Raghu's sons thrice circled round The fire, each one with reverent head, And homeward then their brides they led.They to the sumptuous palace hied
- 30 Then G.o.ds, and saints and heavenly choir Preceded by the General Sire, Met in the air and gazed below On Rama with that wondrous bow.Nymph, minstrel, angel, all were there, Snake-G.o.d, and spirit of the air, Giant, and bard, and gryphon, met, Their eye
- 31 For fearful signs in earth and sky, And weakness warned him death was nigh: But Rama to the world endeared By every grace his bosom cheered, The moon of every eye, whose ray Drove all his grief and fear away.So duty urged that hour to seize, Himself, his
- 32 Thy n.o.ble course alike pursue In secret as in open view, And every nerve, the love to gain Of ministers and subjects, strain.The happy prince who sees with pride His thriving people satisfied; Whose a.r.s.enals with arms are stored, And treasury with go
- 33 Vasish?ha bade his lord adieu, And all the peers, dismissed, withdrew.Then as a royal lion seeks His cave beneath the rocky peaks, So to the chambers where abode His consorts Dasaratha strode.Full-thronged were those delightful bowers With women richly dr
- 34 He, like a sire, will long defend Each brother, minister, and friend.Then why, O hump-back, art thou pained To hear that he the throne has gained?Be sure when Rama's empire ends, The kingdom to my son descends, Who, when a hundred years are flown, Shall
- 35 She spoke these words of cruel ire; Then stripping off her gay attire, The cold bare floor she pressed.So, falling from her home on high, Some lovely daughter of the sky Upon the ground might rest.With darkened brow and furious mien, Stripped of her gems
- 36 Once as the monarch's fury woke, "Shame on thee!" from his bosom broke, And then in sense-bewildering pain He fainted on the ground again.At length, when slowly strength returned, He answered as his eyeb.a.l.l.s burned With the wild fury of his ire Con
- 37 Vile foe, thou cause of all mine ill, Obtain at last thy cursed will.A widow soon shalt thou enjoy The sweets of empire with thy boy.O Princess, sure some evil fate First brought thee here to devastate, In whom the night of ruin lies Veiled in a consort'
- 38 Awake, the holy night is fled, The happy light abroad is spread; Awake, O best of kings, and share The glorious task that claims thy care.The holy sage Vasish?ha waits, With all his Brahmans, at the gate.Give thy decree, without delay, To consecrate thy s
- 39 Thou, lady, here in comfort stay, And with thy maidens rest or play."Thus Rama spake. For meet reply The lady of the large black eye Attended to the door her lord, And blessings on his head implored: "The majesty and royal state Which holy Brahmans vene
- 40 Then in thy stead let Bharat reign Lord of his royal sire's domain, Rich in the fairest gems that s.h.i.+ne, Cars, elephants, and steeds, and kine.The monarch mourns thy altered fate And vails his brow compa.s.sionate: Bowed down by bitter grief he lies
- 41 He soothed her in her wild distress With loving touch and soft caress.She, meet for highest fortune, eyed The hero watching by her side, And thus, while Lakshma? bent to hear, Addressed her son with many a tear!"If, Rama, thou had ne'er been born My chi
- 42 Now, mother, speed thy parting son, And let thy blessing soothe my pain, That I may turn, mine exile done, Like King Yayati, home again.Fair glory and the fruit she gives, For l.u.s.t of sway I ne'er will slight: What, for the span a mortal lives.Were ru
- 43 Canto XXIV. Kausalya Calmed.But when Kausalyasaw that he Resolved to keep his sire's decree, While tears and sobs her utterance broke, Her very righteous speech she spoke: "Can he, a stranger yet to pain, Whose pleasant words all hearts enchain, Son of
- 44 To Siva and the heavenly host My wors.h.i.+p has been paid, To mighty saint, to G.o.dlike ghost, To every wandering shade.Forth to the forest thou wilt hie, Therein to dwell so long: Let all the quarters of the sky Protect my child from wrong."Her blessi
- 45 He sought to soothe her grief, to dry The torrent from each br.i.m.m.i.n.g eye, And then, her firm resolve to shake, These words the pious hero spake: "O daughter of a n.o.ble line, Whose steps from virtue ne'er decline, Remain, thy duties here pursue,
- 46 If glad obedience be denied To father, mother, holy guide, What rites, what service can be done That stern Fate's favour may be won?These three the triple world comprise, O darling of the lovely eyes.Earth has no holy thing like these Whom with all love
- 47 The youthful wife, his babes who bore, Their indigence felt more and more.Thus to the aged man she spake: "Hear this my word: my counsel take.Come, throw thy spade and plough away; To virtuous Rama go to-day, And somewhat of his kindness pray."He heard
- 48 Thus by the lord of men addressed, Rama, of virtue's friends the best, In lore of language duly learned, His answer, reverent, thus returned: "A thousand years, O King, remain O'er this our city still to reign.I in the woods my life will lead: The l.u.
- 49 My Bharat shall not rule a waste Reft of all sweets to charm the taste- The wine-cup's dregs, all dull and dead, Whence the light foam and life are fled."Thus in her rage the long-eyed dame Spoke her dire speech untouched by shame.Then, answering, Dasar
- 50 This is the pledge and oath I swore, What thou besoughtest, and no more, Of Rama-for I heard thee, dame- When he for consecration came.Now with this limit not content, In h.e.l.l should be thy punishment, Who fain the Maithil bride wouldst press To clothe
- 51 There stood surrounded by a ring Of mournful wives the mournful king; For, "I will see once more," he cried, "Mine own dear son," and forth he hied.As he came near, there rose the sound Of weeping, as the dames stood round.So the she-elephants complai
- 52 Canto XLIII. Kausalya's Lament.Kausalya saw the monarch lie With drooping frame and failing eye, And for her banished son distressed With these sad words her lord addressed: "Kaikeyi, cruel, false, and vile Has cast the venom of her guile On Rama lord o
- 53 As wailed the aged Brahmans, bent To turn him back, with wild lament, Seemed Tamasa herself to aid, Checking his progress, as they prayed.Sumantra from the chariot freed With ready hand each weary steed; He groomed them with the utmost heed, Their limbs h
- 54 We will attend on Sita there; Be Raghu's son your special care."The city dames, with grief distressed, Thus once again their lords addressed: "Rama shall be your guard and guide, And Sita will for us provide.For who would care to linger here, Where all
- 55 All we this night our watch will keep And guard Kakutstha's son asleep.In all the world there breathes not one More dear to me than Raghu's son.The words I speak, heroic youth, Are true: I swear it by my truth.Through his dear grace supreme renown Will,
- 56 Then Rama of his long locks made, And Lakshma?'s too, the hermit braid.And the two royal brothers there With coats of bark and matted hair, Transformed in lovely likeness stood To hermit saints who love the wood.So Rama, with his brother bold, A pious an
- 57 The bow-armed princes onward pa.s.sed, And as the sun was sinking fast They reached the hermit's dwelling, set Near where the rus.h.i.+ng waters met.The presence of the warrior scared The deer and birds as on he fared, And struck them with unwonted awe:
- 58 Then the great saint, in duty trained, With honour gladly entertained: He gave his guests a welcome fair, And bade them sit and rest them there, Rama of mighty arm and chest His faithful Lakshma? then addressed: "Brother, bring hither from the wood Selec
- 59 His blinded eyes refused to scan The guilt and folly of the plan, And from the weakness of the king Here and hereafter woe shall spring.No more my sire: the ties that used To bind me to the king are loosed.My brother Rama, Raghu's son, To me is lord, fri
- 60 Where sleeps my strong-armed hero, where, Like Lord Mahendra's standard, fair?Where is, by Lakshma?'s side, his bed, His club-like arm beneath his head?When shall I see his flower-like eyes, And face that with the lotus vies, Feel his sweet lily breath,
- 61 Haste to my father, and relate While time allows, my sudden fate, Lest he consume thee as the fire Burns up the forest, in his ire.This little path, O King, pursue: My father's cot thou soon wilt view.There sue for pardon to the sage, Lest he should curs
- 62 I see thee not: these eyes grow blind, And memory quits my troubled mind.Angels of Death are round me: they Summon my soul with speed away.What woe more grievous can there be, That, when from light and life I flee, I may not, ere I part, behold My virtuou
- 63 And husbands fail to rule their wives.In kingless realms no princes call Their friends to meet in crowded hall; No joyful citizens resort To garden trim or sacred court.In kingless realms no Twice-born care To sacrifice with text and prayer, Nor Brahmans,
- 64 And Lakshma?'s mother too, the dame Sumitra skilled in duty's claim, Who brave Satrughna also bare, Second in age,-her health declare.And she, in self-conceit most sage, With selfish heart most p.r.o.ne to rage, My mother, fares she well? has she Sent m
- 65 Kaikeyi saw him fallen there, G.o.dlike, afflicted, in despair, Used every art to move him thence, And tried him thus with eloquence: "Arise, arise, my dearest; why Wilt thou, famed Prince, so lowly lie?Not by such grief as this are moved Good men like t
- 66 Whence can this woe upon thee fall, Say, gentle one who lovest all?"Thus spake the G.o.d who rules the skies, Indra, the Lord supremely wise; And gentle Surabhi, well learned In eloquence, this speech returned: "Not thine the fault, great G.o.d, not thi
- 67 The sacred fires he bade them bring Forth from the chapel of the king, Wherein the priests in order due, And ministers, the offerings threw.Distraught in mind, with sob and tear, They laid the body on a bier, And servants, while their eyes brimmed o'er T
- 68 To make the rough ways smooth and clear Send workman out and pioneer: Let skilful men attend beside Our way through pathless spots to guide."As thus the royal Bharat spake, Ordaining all for Rama's sake, The audience gave with one accord Auspicious answ
- 69 Canto Lx.x.xIII. The Journey Begun.Then Bharat rose at early morn, And in his n.o.ble chariot borne Drove forward at a rapid pace Eager to look on Rama's face.The priests and lords, a fair array, In sun-bright chariots led the way.Behind, a well appointe
- 70 When Fate has brought the mournful day Which sees my father pa.s.s away, How happy in their lives are they Allowed his funeral rites to pay.Our exile o'er, with him who ne'er Turns from the oath his lips may swear, May we returning safe and well gain in
- 71 The prince with cheering words addressed His weary men, and bade them rest Where'er they chose and he, With priest and deacon by his side, To Bharadvaja's dwelling hied That best of saints to see.Canto XC. The Hermitage.The prince of men a league away S
- 72 Each man was seen in white attire Unstained by spot or speck of mire: None was athirst or hungry there, And none had dust upon his hair.On every side in woody dells Was milky food in bubbling wells, And there were all-supplying cows And honey dropping fro
- 73 My beauteous one, a double good Springs from my dwelling in the wood: Loosed is the bond my sire that tied, And Bharat too is gratified.My darling, dost thou feel with me Delight from every charm we see, Of which the mind and every sense Feel the enchanti
- 74 The crow to Rama humbly bent, Then where his fancy led he went.Rama with Lakshma? by his side With needful work was occupied.Canto XCVII. Lakshman's Anger.Thus Rama showed his love the rill Whose waters ran beneath the hill, Then resting on his mountain
- 75 Canto C. The Meeting.Then Bharat to Satrughna showed The spot, and eager onward strode, First bidding Saint Vasish?ha bring The widowed consorts of the king.As by fraternal love impelled His onward course the hero held, Sumantra followed close behind Satr
- 76 When Rama heard from Bharat each Dark sorrow of his mournful speech, And tidings of his father dead, His spirits fell, his senses fled.For the sad words his brother spoke Struck on him like a thunder stroke, Fierce as the bolt which Indra throws, The vict
- 77 Fate with supreme, resistless law This way and that its slave will draw, All gathered heaps must waste away, All lofty lore and powers decay.Death is the end of life, and all, Now firmly joined, apart must fall.One fear the ripened fruit must know, To fal
- 78 Thus Rama soothed his brother's grief: Then virtuous Javali, chief Of twice-born sages, thus replied In words that virtue's law defied: "Hail, Raghu's princely son, dismiss A thought so weak and vain as this.Canst thou, with lofty heart endowed, Think
- 79 Back to her home she turned once more, And there her promised son she bore.Because her rival mixed the bane To render her conception vain, And her unripened fruit destroy, Sagar she called her rescued boy.(391) He, when he paid that solemn rite,(392) Fill
- 80 Then Rama, as his brother prayed Beneath his feet the sandals laid, And these with fond affection gave To Bharat's hand, the good and brave.Then Bharat bowed his reverent head And thus again to Rama said: "Through fourteen seasons will I wear The hermit
- 81 When Bharat took his homeward road Still Rama in the wood abode: But soon he marked the fear and care That darkened all the hermits there.For all who dwelt before the hill Were sad with dread of coming ill: Each holy brow was lined by thought, And Rama's
- 82 Forth from the sky was heard o'erhead As 'twere a human voice that said: "Yea, even so: great King, this child Henceforth thine own be justly styled."Videha's monarch, virtuous souled, Rejoiced o'er me with joy untold, Delighting in his new-won priz
- 83 Thus entertained he pa.s.sed the night, Then, with the morning's early light, To all the hermits bade adieu And sought his onward way anew.He pierced the mighty forest where Roamed many a deer and pard and bear: Its ruined pools he scarce could see.For c
- 84 Thus, by the rankling dart oppressed, Kakutstha's offspring he addressed: In earth his mighty body lay, His spirit fled to heaven away.Thus spake Viradha ere he died; And Rama to his brother cried: "Now dig we in this grove a pit His elephantine bulk to
- 85 I by mine own occasion led This mighty forest needs must tread, And while I keep my sire's decree Your lives from threatening foes will free.I hither came of free accord To lend the aid by you implored, And richest meed my toil shall pay, While here in f
- 86 Pure in the hermit's grove remain, True to thy duty, free from stain.But the three worlds are open thrown To thee, by whom all things are known.Who gave me power that I should dare His duty to my lord declare?'Tis woman's fancy, light as air, That move
- 87 See, here and there around us high Piled up in heaps cleft billets lie, And holy gra.s.s is gathered, bright As strips of s.h.i.+ning lazulite.Full in the centre of the shade The hermits' holy fire is laid: I see its smoke the pure heaven streak Dense as
- 88 "O Rama, great delight I feel, Pleased, Lakshma?, with thy faithful zeal, That you within these shades I see With Sita come to honour me.But wandering through the rough rude wild Has wearied Janak's gentle child: With labours of the way oppressed The Ma
- 89 Whose pleasant flood from side to side With swans and geese is beautified, And fair banks crowded with the deer That steal from every covert near.The peac.o.c.k's cry is loud and shrill From many a tall and lovely hill, Green-belted by the trees that wav
- 90 "With matted hair above thy brows, With bow and shaft and this thy spouse, How hast thou sought in hermit dress The giant-haunted wilderness?What dost thou here? The cause explain: Why art thou come, and what to gain?"As Surpa?akha questioned so, Rama,
- 91 Come, brother, hasten to fulfil This longing of my eager will.On to the battle! Let me drink Their lifeblood as to earth they sink."Then Khara, by his sister pressed, Inflamed with fury, gave his hest To twice seven giants of his crew, Fierce as the G.o.
- 92 First moved to ire by taunts and stings, Now soothed by gentle flatterings, To Dusha?, who his armies led, The demon Khara spoke, and said: "Friend, from the host of giants call Full fourteen thousand, best of all, Slaves of my will, of fearful might, Wh
- 93 "Now be it well with Brahmans, now Well with the worlds and every cow!Let Rama in the deadly fray The fiends who walk in darkness slay, As He who bears the discus(464) slew The chieftains of the Asur crew."Then each with anxious glances viewed His fello
- 94 Mahakapala's monstrous head Fell with the trenchant dart he sped.His good right hand in battle skilled Sthulaksha's eyes with arrows filled, And trusting still his ready bow He laid the fierce Pramathi low, Who sank as some tall tree falls down With bou
- 95 Canto XXIX. Khara's Defeat.When Rama saw the giant nigh, On foot, alone, with mace reared high, In mild reproof at first he spoke, Then forth his threatening anger broke: "Thou with the host 'twas thine to lead, With elephant and car and steed, Hast wr
- 96 Canto x.x.xI. Ravan.But of the host of giants one, Akampan, from the field had run And sped to Lanka(480) to relate In Rava?'s ear the demons' fate: "King, many a giant from the shade Of Janasthan in death is laid: Khara the chief is slain, and I Could
- 97 There on a throne of royal state Exalted sat the potentate, Begirt with counsellor and peer, Like Indra with the Storm G.o.ds near.Bright as the sun's full splendour shone The glorious throne he sat upon, As when the blazing fire is red Upon a golden alt
- 98 If in thy breast the longing rise To make thine own the beauteous prize, Up, let thy better foot begin The journey and the treasure win.If, giant Lord, thy favouring eyes Regard the plan which I advise, Up, cast all fear and doubt away And execute the wor
- 99 With this one hope, this only aim, O Rover of the Night, I came.Now let me tell what aid I ask To back me in my purposed task.In semblance of a golden deer Adorned with silver spots appear.Go, seek his dwelling: in the way Of Rama and his consort stray.Do
- 100 If thou, O King, hast still delight In rank and wealth and power and might, In n.o.ble wives, in troops of friends, In all that royal state attends, I warn thee, cast not all away, Nor challenge Rama to the fray.If deaf to every friendly prayer, Thou stil