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वाल्मीकि रामायण

The Valmiki Ramayana

The epic of Rama, as composed by the sage Valmiki — all 7 kandas, 648 sargas, and 23,291 verses, with the original Sanskrit, transliteration, and English translation.

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A bow resting against a forest tree, a palace city on the horizon at sunrise, and a figure in flight.

Kandas

Sanskrit and transliteration are the original scripture (public domain). English derived from the public-domain translations of Ralph T. H. Griffith and H. P. Shastri.

  1. Bala Kanda

    The Book of Youth

    77 sargas · 2,217 verses

  2. Ayodhya Kanda

    The Book of Ayodhya

    119 sargas · 4,262 verses

  3. Aranya Kanda

    The Book of the Forest

    75 sargas · 2,439 verses

  4. Kishkindha Kanda

    The Book of Kishkindha

    67 sargas · 2,445 verses

  5. Sundara Kanda

    The Beautiful Book

    68 sargas · 2,772 verses

  6. Yuddha Kanda

    The Book of War

    131 sargas · 5,693 verses

  7. Uttara Kanda

    The Final Book

    111 sargas · 3,463 verses