Ramayana (ENG)

Ayodhya Kanda Dasaratha Wants to Crown Rama Years went by. As always happens, very few notice the inexorable passage of time that drags the things or the people they love most away from their hands. Time … Read More

Years of Happiness A few years later, Dasaratha sent Bharata and Satrughna to Kekaya to visit Yudhajit, his maternal uncle. The glorious prince Rama thus spent twelve years of happiness with his wife Sita. The two … Read More

Parasurama The day was beautiful and the sun was high in the sky. Everything seemed to express happiness and absence of problems. Sita and Rama, contemplating each other, were talking about a thousand things. But even … Read More

Sita and Rama’s Marriage  The news of what had happened soon reached Ayodhya. Dasaratha was delighted that his son was marrying the beautiful and chaste Sita, world famous for her qualities, and was also delighted to … Read More

Rama Sees Sita For The First Time A few days after their departure they entered Mithila, which was decorated and pervaded by a great air of celebration. Visvamitra immediately led them to King Janaka’s sacrificial arena … Read More

Story Of Ahalya The two princes willingly accepted the proposal, and so they set out again. Passing through fabulous forests, crossing fresh and uncontaminated rivers and streams, they spoke of ancient stories of sages and Devas. … Read More

The Battle With The Demons Maricha and Subahu. During the journey the three arrived at the hermitage of Vamadeva, and Visvamitra told his story. Finally, Visvamitra, Rama, and Laksmana arrived in the stupendous place where the … Read More

Story Of Tataka “I’ve heard of Tataka,” said Rama curiously, “and I’d like to know more about him. Tell me the story of his life.” Stopping at where they were, the Rishi looked at Rama and … Read More

Rama and Laksmana leave with Visvamitra Visvamitra, Rama, and Laksmana left Ayodhya during the day and went into the forest. The birds, the wind, even the colors seemed to sing the same song of peace and … Read More

Visvamitra’s Arrival It was at that time when the great Visvamitra, the sage of immortal fame who had reached the highest peaks of ascetic perfection, arrived in Ayodhya. His austerities were so severe that the Devas … Read More

Dasaratha’s Four Sons The children were born. Kausalya was the first to give birth, and her son was named Rama. Then Kaikeyi gave birth, and his son was called Bharata. Finally, Sumitra gave birth to twins, … Read More

The Devas Incarnate On Earth Seeing all this from the heights of the heavenly planets, Brahma gathered all the Devas and said to them: “Vishnu wants to help us. For this purpose he has already descended … Read More

Dasaratha’s Wives Pregnancies   “Dasaratha, I was sent by the Devas to fulfill your great desire and need. Brahma himself has commissioned me to give you this divine juice called payasa. Listen to me: make your wives … Read More

The Yajna  And the sacrifice began.  Dasaratha and his queens were at the edge of the arena. They were anxious and worried about the eventual success, but the confidence in the famous ascetic who led the … Read More

Rishyasringa “I would like to tell you the old story about how Sanat Kumara predicted that a great king would appear in your dynasty and that he would be your son. Sanat Kumara said: “Kasyapa will … Read More

Dasaratha’s Desire However, despite having all the opulences a man and a king could desire, Dasaratha was not happy. The reason: he couldn’t have children. He had three wives, Kausalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi, three women of … Read More

The Narration Of the Ramayana Begins On the banks of the Sarayu stood the city of Ayodhya, capital of the kingdom of Koshala. The opulences of this kingdom were unspeakable, especially those of its capital. Ayodhya … Read More