Ramayana. English by Valmiki

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*The RAMAYAN of VALMIKI*

*Translated into English Verse*

*by*

Ralph T. H. Griffith, M.A.

Principal of the Benares College

London: Truebner & Co.

Benares: E. J. Lazarus and Co.

1870-1874

CONTENTS

Invocation. Book I. Canto I. Narad. Canto II. Brahma's Visit Canto III. The Argument. Canto IV. The Rhapsodists. Canto V. Ayodhya. Canto VI. The King. Canto VII. The Ministers. Canto VIII. Sumantra's Speech. Canto IX. Rishyasring. Canto X. Rishyasring Invited. Canto XI. The Sacrifice Decreed. Canto XII. The Sacrifice Begun. Canto XIII. The Sacrifice Finished. Canto XIV. Ravan Doomed. Canto XV. The Nectar. Canto XVI. The Vanars. Canto XVII. Rishyasring's Return. Canto XVIII. Rishyasring's Departure. Canto XIX. The Birth Of The Princes. Canto XX. Visvamitra's Visit. Canto XXI. Visvamitra's Speech. Canto XXII. Dasaratha's Speech. Canto XXIII. Vasishtha's Speech. Canto XXIV. The Spells. Canto XXV. The Hermitage Of Love. Canto XXVI. The Forest Of Tadaka. Canto XXVII. The Birth Of Tadaka. Canto XXVIII. The Death Of Tadaka. Canto XXIX. The Celestial Arms. Canto XXX. The Mysterious Powers. Canto XXXI. The Perfect Hermitage. Canto XXXII. Visvamitra's Sacrifice. Canto XXXIII. The Sone. Canto XXXIV. Brahmadatta. Canto XXXV. Visvamitra's Lineage. Canto XXXVI. The Birth Of Ganga. Canto XXXIX. The Sons Of Sagar. Canto XL. The Cleaving Of The Earth. Canto XLI. Kapil. Canto XLII. Sagar's Sacrifice. Canto XLIII. Bhagirath. Canto XLIV. The Descent Of Ganga. Canto XLV. The Quest Of The Amrit. Canto XLVI. Diti's Hope. Canto XLVII. Sumati. Canto XLVIII. Indra And Ahalya Canto XLIX. Ahalya Freed. Canto L. Janak. Canto LI. Visvamitra. Canto LII. Vasishtha's Feast. Canto LIII. Visvamitra's Request. Canto LIV. The Battle. Canto LV. The Hermitage Burnt. Canto LVI. Visvamitra's Vow. Canto LVII. Trisanku. Canto LVIII. Trisanku Cursed. Canto LIX. The Sons Of Vasishtha. Canto LX. Trisanku's Ascension. Canto LXI. Sunahsepha. Canto LXII. Ambarisha's Sacrifice. Canto LXIII. Menaka. Canto LXIV. Rambha. Canto LXV. Visvamitra's Triumph Canto LXVI. Janak's Speech. Canto LXVII. The Breaking Of The Bow. Canto LXVIII. The Envoys' Speech. Canto LXIX. Dasaratha's Visit. Canto LXX. The Maidens Sought. Canto LXXI. Janak's Pedigree. Canto LXXII. The Gift Of Kine. Canto LXXIII. The Nuptials. Canto LXXIV. Rama With The Axe. Canto LXXV. The Parle. Canto LXXVI. Debarred From Heaven. Canto LXXVII. Bharat's Departure. BOOK II. Canto I. The Heir Apparent. Canto II. The People's Speech. Canto III. Dasaratha's Precepts. Canto IV. Rama Summoned. Canto V. Rama's Fast. Canto VI. The City Decorated. Canto VII. Manthara's Lament. Canto VIII. Manthara's Speech. Canto IX. The Plot. Canto X. Dasaratha's Speech. Canto XI. The Queen's Demand. Canto XII. Dasaratha's Lament. Canto XIII. Dasaratha's Distress. Canto XIV. Rama Summoned. Canto XV. The Preparations. Canto XVI. Rama Summoned. Canto XVII. Rama's Approach. Canto XVIII. The Sentence. Canto XIX. Rama's Promise. Canto XX. Kausalya's Lament.

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5: The lordly Rama is the darling sea
6: The noblest of all lordly givers
7: To please Kaikeyi went Obedient forth to banishment
8: Then sought Sugriva in the strife
9: And Rama clasped his wife again
10: The hermit saw the slaughtered bird
11: And left Valmiki wondering there
12: And of Sugriva then had speech
13: And one a sacrificial string One
14: 68 All warlike engines framed by man
15: With modest raiment simply neat
16: To him Sumantra made reply Hear
17: Thus shall the holy Rishyasring To Lomapad
18: Near and more near the hermit drew
19: Vibhandak took his homeward road
20: To Rishyasring the king shall wed
21: There Rishyasring passed blissful days
22: King Dasaratha met them there And duly honoured each
23: Vasishtha's speech without delay Sumantra bent him to obey
24: With Rishyasring the forms to guide
25: Lasted that Offering of the Steed
26: And Rishyasring they gave the whole
27: When thus the suppliant Gods had prayed
28: This heavenly nectar which I bring
29: The captains of the Vanar host
30: The king will many a Brahman send
31: To Kasyap's son the Brahman sped
32: New glory Queen Kausalya won Reflected from her splendid son
33: He Loved Lakshman best from infancy And Lakshman
34: Vasishtha with a smile 140 addressed
35: Maricha and Suvahu fell Are valiant and instructed well
36: Vasishtha thus was speaking still The monarch
37: Then Rama duly touched the wave
38: And bathed Lord Indra pure again
39: Kill This Tadaka who joys in ill
40: As Tadaka still thundered near Thus maimed by Rama's blows
41: The thunderbolt of Indra's hand
42: And thus with prayers the God addressed Bali
43: With Rama and his brother stood Within the consecrated wood
44: And Rama saw those things of fear Impending overhead
45: Having sate him down Before the saint of pure renown
46: Patience fame Patience upholds this earthly frame
47: And thus King Kusanabha cheered Thou shalt
48: The three pathed Ganga thus obtained
49: The elder consort bare A son called Asamanj
50: When thus the whole broad earth was cleft
51: His children's speech King Sagar heard
52: Ganga would turn her stream below
53: Thus spoke to great Bhagirath I
54: Where'er the great Bhagirath led
55: The sons of Sagar mighty souled
56: When Siva saw their wild affright
57: These words the glorious Kasyap said
58: Was this fair town Visala built
59: From Gautam save thyself and me
60: The sons of Raghu journeyed forth
61: To Rama Satananda cried A welcome visit
62: Him Visvamitra thus addressed Why make
63: As Saint Vasishtha answered so
64: And Yavans with their shafts and darts
65: To Visvamitra made reply Nay
66: But Visvamitra scorned the grace
67: Whose treasures were by penance bought
68: Suppliant palm to palm applied
69: To high souled Visvamitra hied
70: Began A sacrificial rite to plan
71: And hasting to the water's side His uncle Visvamitra spied
72: Lord Indra of the thousand eyes
73: When thus again Lord Indra spake O Rambha
74: On reverend Vasishtha pressed The honours due to holy guest
75: Then royal Janak spoke in turn O best of Saints
76: And long To Mithila did grievous wrong
77: Such words with friendship eloquent Spoke Janak
78: Janak had left his royal seat The venerable king to greet
79: He paid to Janak reverence due
80: Sagar 249 she called her darling boy
81: My nieces twain Let Bharat and Satrughna gain
82: And turned away To Janak first he bade adieu
83: Then by the hand King Janak drew His Sita
84: King Dasaratha heard with dread The boastful speech
85: The highest Gods to Vishnu gave
86: While Gods and saints unnumbered praised Rama
87: Dear Bharat and Satrughna dear
88: The aged monarch fain would rest
89: For greater gifts than mine adorn Rama my son
90: That gave Thy Rama born to bless and save
91: The king to wise Sumantra spake Now quick
92: While Bharat too is far away Making with royal kin his stay
93: To Rama's house Vasishtha hied
94: Forth from the house Vasishtha drove
95: Here players shone in bright attire
96: Such were the words Kaikeyi said Then Manthara
97: He his dear Bharat never leaves
98: How Bharat may his throne ascend
99: Thy very hump becomes thee too
100: Then spoke at length the warder maid
101: Save My Rama bravest of the brave
102: What wrong have I or Rama done
103: And can thy righteous soul endure That Rama glorious
104: That Bharat o'er the land may reign
105: He spends his time unvext by cares
106: Then to Kaikeyi spoke again Childless so long
107: Vasishtha reached the royal gate
108: To sage Sumantra thus began The king
109: Quick through the gates Sumantra hied
110: Sumantra hailed in words like these
111: Still close to Rama Lakshman kept
112: Such were the words and pleasant speech That Rama heard
113: That Bharat on the throne be set
114: Thy Bharat to his presence bring
115: Then Rama touched his senseless feet
116: He with his firm support upheld The queen
117: While thus Kausalya wept and sighed
118: Unsanctioned tread This righteous path
119: Or senseless love or causeless ire
120: And Lakshman bent his drooping head
121: Nor see the guile herein that lies
122: Struck by my keen brand's trenchant blade
123: And still thy duteous course pursue
124: Guard Rama when his limbs he dips
125: 302 And Indra slew his Daitya foes
126: My father's will makes Bharat heir
127: And how shall Sita think of fear When thou
128: A forest life is nought but woe
129: Nor can a lonely woman left By her dear husband live bereft
130: While Rama strove to soothe the sting Of her deep anguish
131: As the buds Of lotuses when sink the floods
132: While thus to Sita he complained
133: Rama to Lakshman thus replied Go then
134: And thus the noble chief addressed O Rama
135: Now like the faithful Lakshman
136: Thus to Sumantra made reply Go then
137: I gave the boons Kaikeyi craved
138: And tend instead the Neem tree well
139: Kaikeyi to the king exclaimed Sagar
140: And Queen Kaikeyi thus addressed O evil hearted sinner
141: Thus Sita shall our empress be
142: Then Queen Kausalya spake at last
143: Sumitra viewed him as he pressed Her feet
144: Soon as Sumantra saw the three Were seated in the chariot
145: Ayodhya in her sorrow left By him
146: To his right hand Kausalya went
147: Kaikeyi makes me childless now
148: His heavenly arms the Brahman gave
149: Swift from his chariot Rama sprang
150: Unfinished yet those rites remain
151: Still with Sumantra there conversed
152: 320 Of Rama our dear lord bereft
153: If Queen Kaikeyi live to reign
154: Through Kosala pursued his flight
155: To Guha as he pressed and prayed
156: 324 King Guha heard his speech
157: Sumantra all his message heard
158: Quick Guha hastened to produce
159: Rama with Lakshman thus conversed
160: No guardian has Kausalya now O
161: Where lives of hermits we may lead
162: In answer Bharadvaja spake Go forth to Chitrakuta's hill
163: Called Lakshman gently from repose Awake
164: Then Rama as he took the road With Lakshman
165: King Guha's heart with sorrow sank He with Sumantra talked
166: Sumantra bent And did obeisance reverent
167: In the king's fond opinion raise Kaikeyi
168: And Rama homeward lead My life
169: Nor angry words have I to tell Reproaches at Kaikeyi shot
170: Her Rama wandered far from sight
171: Joining these hands as suppliants do
172: Since Rama to the woods was sent
173: His pitcher empty on the ground
174: And up to heaven the hermit went
175: Sublime the duteous hermit rode
176: Kausalya and Sumitra kept Their watch beside him as he wept
177: Kausalya prostrate in her pain
178: In kingless lands no thunder's voice
179: In kingless lands the wise no more
180: Quick came from all the glad reply Vasishtha
181: Such is the dream I dreamt by night
182: And in reply to Bharat said Go forth
183: And Bharat saw with happy eyes
184: Thus Bharat to his driver said
185: Kaikeyi to her son revealed Told as glad news the story sad
186: Kausalya and Sumitra too The coming of my mother rue
187: Or the most duteous Rama bring
188: And quickly to Sumitra said Bharat
189: Who gave consent when Rama fled
190: Then Bharat sought his father's side
191: Raised weeping Bharat on his feet
192: Satrughna told Here is the wicked pest
193: As thus the royal Bharat spake
194: And royal Bharat blessed and praised
195: A storm of grief o'er Bharat broke
196: Sumantra hastened to fulfil With ready joy his master's will
197: When Bharat viewed his followers there
198: Then with glad cheer King Guha cried
199: With hopes upon Satrughna set My mother may survive as yet
200: And words like these to Guha spake
201: The speech of Bharat Guha heard
202: And bade Vasishtha walk before
203: With sips Of water purified his lips To Visvakarma
204: Then in his hand the chouri bore
205: Here men the foaming winecup quaffed
206: Obedient to the high request By Bharadvaja thus addressed
207: The glorious Bharat thus addressed Vasishtha
208: His ears attentive Bharat lent To their resistless argument
209: Behold those pleasant beds o'erlaid With lotus leaves
210: Its silvan things her people deem
211: Now let us go Where those Asoka blossoms grow
212: Lakshman his answer thus returned
213: The blows thy tongue at Bharat deals
214: Then Bharat to Satrughna showed The spot
215: Thus Bharat reached that forest rill
216: He spoke and Bharat thus replied If
217: The mournful Lakshman thus addressed Brother
218: Vasishtha with his soul athirst To look again on Rama
219: The words that Bharat spoke approved
220: All lofty lore and powers decay
221: Abhorred by all through endless time
222: The brave Satrughna with thee lead
223: Thus Rama soothed his brother's grief Then virtuous Javali
224: By truth unharmed our houses stand
225: From subtlest ether Brahma rose No end
226: To Asamanj his consort bare Bright Ansuman his valiant heir
227: The faithful speech of Bharat heard
228: Bharat strong and bold In humble reverence paced
229: And soon renowned Ayodhya viewed
230: Pleasant was the chariot's sound As royal Bharat
231: And with us thither flee Before this Khara injure thee
232: I met the faithful Bharat here
233: When she saw Fair Sita true to duty's law
234: Amazed The ruler of Videha gazed
235: For honours high had Sita gained
236: And Lakshman by his brother's side
237: Thus Lakshman in his anger spake
238: Then Rama saw the giant's plan
239: His spade obedient Lakshman plied
240: And showed The car wherein Lord Indra rode See
241: Addressed the aged anchorite And he
242: With Sita and his brother sped
243: And pressed The son of Raghu to his breast Welcome to thee
244: Pursue thy path untouched by woe Go with thy faithful Sita
245: A truthful hermit kept his vows
246: Thou With Lakshman art our guardian now
247: Bid thee with wife and brother see Agastya
248: Thus thoughtful souled Agastya
249: Where gentle silvan creatures roam
250: To Lakshman came and thus began Where is he
251: They To Panchavati took their way
252: And last Kasyap in glory unsurpassed
253: The child of beauteous Suki bore Vinata
254: With the Maithil dame Bearing a pitcher Lakshman came
255: And see A son like virtuous Bharat
256: With Lakshman ever by his side
257: And thus in turn to Lakshman spoke Come
258: With fearful shrieks the fiend exclaimed
259: And forth with Surpanakha sped
260: A hero strong in valorous deed Is Rama
261: For Rama and his brother go This day to Yama's realm below
262: There screamed the vulture and the crane
263: All signs foretell the dangerous strife
264: And Rama clothed in warrior might
265: And furious upon Rama rained Dart
266: These fiery Dushan strove to cheer
267: Rushed upon Rama fierce and fast
268: Marked Khara as he onward sped
269: For Khara deemed in senseless pride That he
270: Vaunts the high race from which he springs
271: Like some red bolt alive with fire Hurled it at Rama
272: King Ravan gave the leave he sought
273: And this fair Sita will I bring Back to my city triumphing
274: Tremendous as the jaws of Death
275: To Ravan of the eyes of fire Her tale
276: And Trisiras and Dushan lay Low on the earth
277: Dushan and Khara breathe no more
278: Then bright Gandharvas met his view
279: The fiend Maricha thus addressed Ravan the king
280: When wise Maricha heard the tale His heart grew faint
281: The dear delight Of Rama unapproached in might
282: Thus Rama with his beauteous mien
283: In my fright A thousand Ramas mock my sight
284: Will I bear away The Maithil dame an easy prey
285: Me first perchance will Rama kill
286: His hoofs were carven lazulite
287: And bring thy brother Lakshman too
288: To Lakshman Rama turned and spake Mark
289: To guard the Maithil lady stand
290: The deer's bright form Maricha left
291: The Maithil dame with many sighs
292: With lotus garland on thy head
293: My Rama sought his father's face
294: Me the true and loving dame Of Rama
295: Hast thou To do with fallen Rama now
296: And his fierce breast with fury glowed
297: Is the dear consort and the dame Of Rama
298: Say What fault on Rama canst thou lay
299: And thus addressing Ravan spake Thou
300: They wept to see the Maithil dame Endure the outrage
301: On the dark brows of Ravan fell
302: Thou meanest of thy giant line
303: Then Ravan speeding like the storm
304: Adorned with nets of golden twine
305: Thus to the Maithil lady sued The monarch of the giant brood
306: Thus with terrific threats to her Spake Ravan
307: If valiant Lakshman yet survive
308: Thou art much to blame Leaving alone the Maithil dame
309: I marked that Sita came not too
310: The fawn eyed Sita wandering here
311: After toil and pain Wilt meet the Maithil dame again
312: Who with my Sita came Return alone
313: To Lakshman thus he cried Brother
314: Roams Sita of the dainty waist
315: And Lakshman followed close at hand
316: Gandharvas in their radiant place
317: And bright Gandharvas in the sky
318: Jatayus there with blood drops dyed
319: The fate of ravished Sita tell
320: Stole Sita from thy dwelling place
321: Soon as the fiend had fled from sight
322: The sons of Raghu thus addressed What men are you
323: Let the vengeful sword Smite off his arms
324: While Lakshman gazed with anxious eye
325: Naught know I of thy Maithil spouse
326: Will with his Vanars seek the prize
327: And Pampa flushed with roseate glow
328: The aged votaress pure of taint
329: That holy sphere the dame attained
330: There flushed the lotus darkly red
331: When balmy sweetness fills the air
332: The loud Koil swells his throat
333: Or blooms that deck Palasa 532 sprays
334: Since Sita from my side is torn
335: The Vanars in their wild unrest Prepared to turn and fly
336: As on their course the Vanars sped
337: This Vanar chief most eloquent
338: His prudent speech the Vanar heard
339: Because this chief of Vanar kind
340: Thus answered with a gentle smile Great Vanar
341: Sugriva hied Within the mountain's caverned side
342: And with meek request Entreated Lakshman
343: Then his glad voice the Vanar raised
344: And each sage lord Named Bali king with one accord
345: Thus Bali spoke in words severe
346: Of Vanar tribes that roam the wild
347: Sugriva spoke inflamed with ire
348: The sovereign of the Vanars gazed
349: Raghu's son Beheld the conquered Vanar run
350: And followed where Sugriva led
351: Which mighty bands of Vanars hold
352: And with indignant pride Forth from the bower the Vanar hied
353: Found Sugriva stationed on the ground
354: When he saw Rama and Lakshman nearer draw
355: I see The raiment of a devotee
356: The Vanar king in turn reproved Why dost thou
357: Now Bharat rules with sovereign sway
358: To Rama thus the Vanar cried True
359: Who leads The Vanars like a lion
360: Our Vanar race and thee to save
361: O'er Angad or the realm I claim
362: The crowd Of noblest Vanars shrieked aloud Since thou
363: My glory I And Angad now with thee will die
364: To Rama with his train he went
365: Hast thou No eyes to see Sugriva now
366: The chieftains of the Vanar race
367: Soon from the inner chambers came The Vanar of exalted fame
368: The Vanar lord Great glory has acquired
369: When King Sugriva will invite To action
370: Before thee myriad Vanars stand To sweep through heaven
371: Go seek him sunk in bliss and sloth
372: Thus be the Vanar king addressed
373: The gathered Vanars saw and fled
374: Of Vanars raised their suppliant hands
375: Celestial garlands red and green
376: Spare The Vanar caught in pleasure's snare
377: The matrons of the Vanar race See marks of fury in thy face
378: Impetuous from the northern skies
379: So suppliant stood the Vanar bands
380: Compassed by countless legions
381: Trace the spot Where Ravan hides
382: If Ravan there with Sita dwell
383: With utmost heed that isle explore
384: For Vanars there need fear no ill
385: And far and wide its lustre flings
386: Away the Vanars sped Like locusts o'er the land outspread
387: From his huge mouth by Angad felled
388: Then as the Vanars nearer drew
389: This wondrous store of rarest fruits
390: The noblest of the Vanar throng
391: No gifts will draw away The Vanars from Sugriva's sway
392: He who gave His life the Maithil queen to save
393: Fierce Ravan from his car he felled
394: Who borne away the Maithil queen
395: Jatayus fell Without a word to say farewell
396: Shall the dear name of Rama bear
397: Then princely Angad looked on each
398: From heaven she fell In Vanar form on earth to dwell
399: Then sprang the Wind God's son the best Of Vanars
400: And saints in heaven the Vanar praised
401: She thus addressed the Vanar lord Then forward to the task
402: Or sow Dissension mid the Vanar foe
403: The Vanar chief his way pursued
404: The Vanar cheiftain raised his eyes
405: And spacious halls where lances lay
406: No chiming of a zone was heard
407: She The Maithil queen must surely be
408: But Sita still was nowhere found
409: Searching for the Maithil queen
410: The Vanar from his station viewed
411: She lay among the fiends forlorn
412: Repent thee of thine impious deed
413: In luxurious bowers Spend with our lord thy happy hours
414: Alone in Janasthan he slew The thousands of the Rakshas crew
415: Containing a lamentation of Sita after Ravan has left her
416: Sought by our Vanar hosts in vain From east to west
417: Whom Ravan stole and bore away
418: The Vanar knew the lady's thought
419: Like Indra on Airavat 862 borne
420: The Vanar chief again began Yea
421: And saw the Vanar where he stood Amid the devastated wood
422: One in the face the Vanar smote
423: They charged their Vanar foe again
424: Thrice Aksha strained his dreadful bow
425: Before his friend The Vanar monarch
426: For spake he well or spake he ill
427: Flame has no fury for the flame
428: He neared the coast Where waited still the Vanar host
429: To Angad came with one accord The Vanars
430: The wondrous tale Hanuman told
431: The sun in his meridian tower Gives glory to the Vanar power
432: Fierce Vanars burning for the fight
433: And danced With waves whereon the sunbeams glanced Where
434: And the fierce Vanar in his hate Has left our city desolate
435: And this right hand Shall sweep the Vanars from the land
436: Let captive Sita be restored Ere
437: The troops with prudent skill arrayed
438: One Vanar yet could find a way To Lanka's town
439: The mansion of the Sire she gained
440: Against one giant what can two Unhappy sons of Raghu do
441: Sugriva and the chiefs he spied
442: Thus urged Sugriva famed for lore Of moving words
443: Who counsels like this Vanar lord
444: The Self existent gave This boon to Ravan
445: The Vanar heard the words he spoke
446: To Lakshman thus the hero cried
447: Aim Thine arrow with the quenchless flame
448: O'er the broad way the Vanars sped
449: Around our heads in boding flight Wheel hawk and vulture
450: In sudden wrath the Vanars rose
451: The millions of the Vanar breed Whom Rama and Sugriva lead
452: And show The leaders of the Vanar foe
453: Whom Rama rescued from his foe
454: Said Ravan scan With keenest eyes the foeman's plan
455: Thus my victorious host o'erthrew The Vanars
456: How to thy side the giants crept
457: Brace harness on with deftest care
458: And helpless in my woe I fear The tyrant Ravan even here
459: Assistance from the Vanar breed
460: Retain your Vanar semblance still
461: At Ravan's face the Vanar sprang
462: Swift through the circle Angad pressed
463: The Vanar foes Around the leaguered city close
464: The Vanars at the giants sprang
465: Strong by Brahma's grace Defeat from one of Vanar race
466: Looked on the heaps of Vanar slain
467: The Vanars by the brothers stay
468: Sugriva reft of me Lead back thy Vanars o'er the sea
469: His hope the Vanar monarch told
470: Upsent from every Vanar throat
471: Then Angad seized a shattered hill
472: The Vanars transfixed with arrows
473: Fierce Nila stayed his Vanar band
474: The Vanar with its flaming head
475: Then Hanuman to Rama cried Ascend my back
476: If I whom Indra owned his peer
477: Ere now a monstrous Vanar came
478: And swift the Vanars stood arrayed
479: Our armour stained with gouts of gore
480: Saw the scared Vanars turn and run
481: Before his might the Vanars fell
482: Both Vanar foes and giant kind
483: Vanars and bears and giants died
484: So Angad from the Vanars burst
485: And furious strokes on Angad rained
486: To meet their foes the Vanars sprang
487: The giant to his string applied A pointed shaft
488: And Vanars fell in myriads slain
489: The trembling bears and Vanars cheer
490: The Vanars charged to drive them back
491: The slayers of my son will slay
492: The weapons of the Vanars are trees and rocks
493: When Ravan saw his darts repelled
494: And Lakshman shall be well again
495: Apart Stood Ravan raging in his heart
496: And vanished Rama raised His eyes with reverence meet
497: Then Matali to Rama cried Let other arms the day decide
498: Nor giant chiefs and Vanars bled
499: To Lanka went the mourning train
500: The Vanar chieftain bowed his head
501: The Rakshas king his palace sought
502: Then rose a piercing cry from all Dames
503: Thy spouse to brave the fire And give her body to the pyre
504: Thy face let Queen Kaikeyi see
505: And leave thy friends of Vanar breed
506: Brave warriors of the Vanar race
507: The robber Ravan fought and fell
508: The Vanar chief his way pursued
509: With tender tears of rapture sprung
510: But see no Vanars still Who wear each varied shape at will
511: The sovereign of the Vanar race
512: A glance on all the Vanars threw
513: And who has offered to you the sacrifice called Asvamedha
514: Vestrum numen adoravit sacrificio equino
515: Etenim ab hoc furioso Sapientes Fidicines et nymphae
516: Di non poter essere ucciso dai Devi
517: Udite le fauste parole profferte da Brahma
518: Repondirent les Dieux au fils suppliant du rishi
519: A ces mots du grand Vishnou C'est le demon Ravana
520: He afterwards consulted his father Visravas about an abode
521: Kumbhakarna goes about eating rishis
522: For thou art the eternal Vishnu
523: He penetrates even to the imperial seat of Varun
524: Sita is honourably received by the saint Valmiki himself
525: Rama informs Lakshman of all this
526: Messengers are sent to Satrughna
527: HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS His ten avatars or incarnations are 1
528: As the wives of the Gandharvas
529: External to Brahma rises the Trimurti
530: Had been transferred to Vishnu
531: Thus the monarch cried To his dear Lakshman
532: To soothe her anguish Lakshman gently strove
533: And thus was the whole earth conquered by Parasurama
534: Where the struggle between Visvamitra
535: He heaped the scale with piles of flesh
536: Besides a white jewelled chourie
537: Who has no house priest Purohita
538: And other barbarians and Mlechchhas
539: Thy hand has made no Brahman bleed
540: The capital of the Kekayas lay to the west of the Vipasa
541: HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS Sunt versus spurii
542: The sage dwelling at Chitra kuta
543: At the gates of Ganga 1039 Daksha held his feast
544: Then Pururavas looked and said
545: The sovereign of the Vanar race
546: And to this day the features of the Marawars
547: HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS The tail of Hanumant
548: Is also acquainted with Uttara Kuru
549: In battle's wild Gandharva dance
550: When Ravana triumphs over his prostrate foe
551: I repeatedly and respectfully salute thee who art Aditya
552: Raghava whose senses were under control
553: 1159 and also the fifth 1160 of the Sadhyas
554: The Bharat Milap or meeting with Bharat
555: The Ramayan is an allegorical epic
556: Still the characters of the Ramayan
557: That the fundamental theme of the Ramayan
558: As for Megasthenes it should be observed
559: Ramayana. English by Valmiki
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573: 2 Valmiki was the son of Varuna
574: 6 Called in Sanskrit also Bala Kanda
575: 18 Veda means originally knowing or knowledge
576: And Daksha repeatedly interposed
577: The Dwapara is the age of doubt
578: Daughter of Janak king of Mithila
579: See Fergusson's Tree and Serpent Worship
580: Anga is said in the lexicons to be Bengal
581: It precedes the animal and Soma sacrifices
582: Agnishtoma is the name of a sacrifice
583: Demigods attendant especially on Kuvera
584: 131 The regent of the planet Jupiter
585: The Asvins have much in common with the Dioscuri of Greece
586: See Kalidasa's Kumara Sambhava
587: Greatly vary in the enumeration of these Sankaras
588: 188 One of the elephants which
589: 192 Garud was the son of Kasyap and Vinata
590: Therefore is Indra called the paramour of Ahalya
591: Called Sakae just as the Indians did
592: Muir remarks in his Sanskrit Texts
593: 241 Near the modern city of Ajmere
594: 252 The tenth of the lunar asterisms
595: From the palmyras Borassus flabelliformis
596: 293 The first progeny of Brahma or Brahma himself
597: History of the Belgaum District
598: Ramayana. English by Valmiki
599: Professor Wilson observes Vishnu Purana
600: See MUIR'S Sanskrit Texts
601: 385 Gaya is a very holy city in Behar
602: And the sun was overthrown by Rahu
603: Pradha daughter of Daksha bore Anavadya
604: The tinisa Dalbergia ougeiniensis
605: 490 The younger brother of the giant Ravan
606: Each a fine truss of blossom
607: The present king of the Vanars
608: The housling fire did kindle and provide
609: As the brahmanic legend relates
610: 572 Another name of Indra or Mahendra
611: The great enemy of the Serpents
612: The Bengal recension has the same
613: Untraceable to the present recension of the Rig veda
614: 659 Daityas and Danavas are fiends and enemies of the Gods
615: 681 Aurva was one of the descendants of Bhrigu
616: 694 Utkal is still the native name of Orissa
617: Keeping Meru always on his right
618: 738 Kuvera the son of Visravas
619: 757 Perceived that Angad had secured
620: 781 The Bengal recension calls him Arishtanemi's brother
621: 800 According to De Gubernatis
622: 817 Ravan had fought against Indra and the Gods
623: The Rishi Praskanva addressing his hymn to Agni ignis
624: We must take them as indicating that Sanskrit
625: Not to be confounded with Bali the Vanar
626: 890 Three Cantos of repetition are omitted
627: 938 Here in the Bengal recension Gorresio's edition
628: 943 I omit the rest of this canto
629: And had been insulted by Ravan
630: 985 Sambar was a demon of drought
631: The Bengal recension ignores this palpable interruption
632: Just as the Cypria of Stasinus
633: WILSON'S Vishnnu Purana
634: Speaks of the northern Pulindas
635: Or one who pervades the whole space or quarters
636: 1120 One who teaches Brahma and others the Vedas
637: A demon whom Vamana confined in Patala