Ramayana

• 7.1
  Sarga 1
  सर्गः 1
  After Rama's victory and coronation, the sages led by Agastya come to congratulate him on slaying Ravana and the…
  43 verses
• 7.2
  Sarga 2
  सर्गः 2
  Agastya begins the account of Ravana's lineage
  34 verses
• 7.3
  Sarga 3
  सर्गः 3
  Vishravas weds Bharadvaja's daughter and begets Vaishravana (Kubera)
  36 verses
• 7.4
  Sarga 4
  सर्गः 4
  At Rama's wonder over the earlier rakshasas, Agastya tells how Brahma, having created the waters, made beings to…
  32 verses
• 7.5
  Sarga 5
  सर्गः 5
  The Gandharva Gramani gives his daughter Devavati to Sukesha, who begets three mighty sons
  47 verses
• 7.6
  Sarga 6
  सर्गः 6
  The afflicted gods take refuge with Shiva, who, sparing Sukesha's sons himself, directs them to Vishnu, who promises…
  71 verses
• 7.7
  Sarga 7
  सर्गः 7
  The great battle between Vishnu and the rakshasa host
  55 verses
• 7.8
  Sarga 8
  सर्गः 8
  Malyavan turns back to reproach Vishnu for slaying those who flee, and the two duel with spear and mace until…
  29 verses
• 7.9
  Sarga 9
  सर्गः 9
  From Patala, Sumali sees Kubera riding the Pushpaka and resolves to raise his line, bidding his daughter Kaikasi wed…
  48 verses
• 7.10
  Sarga 10
  सर्गः 10
  The brothers' penances
  49 verses
• 7.11
  Sarga 11
  सर्गः 11
  Sumali rises from Rasatala and urges Ravana to wrest Lanka back from Kubera
  52 verses
• 7.12
  Sarga 12
  सर्गः 12
  Ravana gives his sister Shurpanakha to the Danava Vidyujjihva
  32 verses
• 7.13
  Sarga 13
  सर्गः 13
  Overcome by his boon of sleep, Kumbhakarna has a vast dwelling built and sinks into his long slumber, while Ravana…
  42 verses
• 7.14
  Sarga 14
  सर्गः 14
  Ravana with his ministers marches on Kailasa and gives battle to Kubera's Yakshas
  30 verses
• 7.15
  Sarga 15
  सर्गः 15
  Kubera sends Manibhadra and fresh Yaksha forces, but they are slain in thousands
  45 verses
• 7.16
  Sarga 16
  सर्गः 16
  On Mount Kailasa, where Shiva sports, Ravana's chariot is halted
  50 verses
• 7.17
  Sarga 17
  सर्गः 17
  Ravana finds the ascetic maiden Vedavati, daughter of the brahmin Kushadhvaja, who is vowed to win Vishnu as her husband
  43 verses
• 7.18
  Sarga 18
  सर्गः 18
  Ravana comes upon King Marutta's sacrifice, where the terrified gods hide in animal forms
  36 verses
• 7.19
  Sarga 19
  सर्गः 19
  Ravana ranges the earth demanding that kings submit, and many yield
  32 verses
• 7.20
  Sarga 20
  सर्गः 20
  Ravana meets the sage Narada, who, to turn him from tormenting the already death-bound mortal world, counsels that…
  32 verses
• 7.21
  Sarga 21
  सर्गः 21
  Narada hastens ahead to forewarn Yama
  46 verses
• 7.22
  Sarga 22
  सर्गः 22
  Yama himself takes the field, Death and the staff of Time at his side, and battles Ravana for seven nights
  50 verses
• 7.23
  Sarga 23
  सर्गः 23
  Ravana descends to the nether ocean, subdues the Nagas at Bhogavati, and at Brahma's word makes a pact of friendship…
  54 verses
• 7.24
  Sarga 24
  सर्गः 24
  On his return Ravana carries off maidens of every race, filling the Pushpaka with weeping women who curse that he…
  42 verses
• 7.25
  Sarga 25
  सर्गः 25
  At Lanka Ravana finds his son Meghanada (Indrajit) completing seven great sacrifices, having won from Shiva a…
  52 verses
• 7.26
  Sarga 26
  सर्गः 26
  Encamped at Kailasa on a moonlit, spring-laden night, the lust-struck Ravana seizes the apsara Rambha, who pleads…
  61 verses
• 7.27
  Sarga 27
  सर्गः 27
  Ravana reaches Indra's heaven
  50 verses
• 7.28
  Sarga 28
  सर्गः 28
  Meghanada (Indrajit) rallies the routed rakshasas and drives the gods back, spreading darkness with his weapons
  49 verses
• 7.29
  Sarga 29
  सर्गः 29
  In the darkened battle Indra resolves to take Ravana alive, since the boon forbids his death, and seizes him
  42 verses
• 7.30
  Sarga 30
  सर्गः 30
  Brahma comes to Lanka to ransom Indra and names Ravana's son Indrajit, the conqueror of Indra
  55 verses
• 7.31
  Sarga 31
  सर्गः 31
  Rama asks whether no king ever humbled Ravana, and Agastya begins the tale of Kartavirya Arjuna
  43 verses
• 7.32
  Sarga 32
  सर्गः 32
  Downstream, Kartavirya Arjuna dams the Narmada with his thousand arms, and the swollen flood sweeps away Ravana's…
  73 verses
• 7.33
  Sarga 33
  सर्गः 33
  The sage Pulastya, Ravana's grandfather, hearing of his capture, comes to Mahishmati, where Arjuna receives him with…
  23 verses
• 7.34
  Sarga 34
  सर्गः 34
  Ravana challenges Vali at Kishkindha; warned that Vali is away at the four oceans and invincible, he goes to seize…
  46 verses
• 7.35
  Sarga 35
  सर्गः 35
  Rama extols Hanuman as surpassing even Vali and Ravana, and asks why one so mighty did not act sooner
  65 verses
• 7.36
  Sarga 36
  सर्गः 36
  Brahma revives the child, and the grateful gods each grant him boons
  63 verses
• 7.37
  Sarga 37
  सर्गः 37
  On the first morning after his consecration Rama is awakened by the praises of bards, performs his ablutions and…
  24 verses
• 7.38
  Sarga 38
  सर्गः 38
  Rama dismisses his allies to their homes
  33 verses
• 7.39
  Sarga 39
  सर्गः 39
  The departed kings, regretting they had no chance to fight, send back rich gifts, which Bharata and his brothers…
  30 verses
• 7.40
  Sarga 40
  सर्गः 40
  Rama bids his allies return to their realms
  30 verses
• 7.41
  Sarga 41
  सर्गः 41
  The Pushpaka chariot, released by Kubera, returns and offers itself to Rama, who worships and dismisses it, bidding…
  22 verses
• 7.42
  Sarga 42
  सर्गः 42
  Rama disports with Sita in the beautiful Ashoka grove, attended by song, dance and wine, and the winter passes happily
  36 verses
• 7.43
  Sarga 43
  सर्गः 43
  Rama asks his companions, led by Bhadra, what the people say of him
  23 verses
• 7.44
  Sarga 44
  सर्गः 44
  Rama summons his brothers Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna
  21 verses
• 7.45
  Sarga 45
  सर्गः 45
  Rama discloses to his brothers the people's scandal against Sita and the unbearable infamy it brings, though he…
  25 verses
• 7.46
  Sarga 46
  सर्गः 46
  At dawn the heartsick Lakshmana readies the chariot and tells Sita she is to be taken to the hermitages she had…
  34 verses
• 7.47
  Sarga 47
  सर्गः 47
  On the Ganga's far bank, bathed in tears, Lakshmana at last confesses that, on hearing the people's slander, the…
  18 verses
• 7.48
  Sarga 48
  सर्गः 48
  Hearing this, Sita swoons and laments her cruel fate, yet resolves not to drown herself lest Rama's line be mocked
  26 verses
• 7.49
  Sarga 49
  सर्गः 49
  The hermit-boys, finding the weeping Sita, run to tell Valmiki, who, knowing all by his ascetic vision, comes to her
  24 verses
• 7.50
  Sarga 50
  सर्गः 50
  Returning with Sumantra, Lakshmana laments Rama's sorrow and the cruelty of Sita's banishment over mere gossip
  20 verses
• 7.51
  Sarga 51
  सर्गः 51
  Sumantra recounts the prophecy of the sage Durvasa to Dasharatha: that Rama was Vishnu, fated through Bhrigu's…
  32 verses
• 7.52
  Sarga 52
  सर्गः 52
  Returned to Ayodhya, Lakshmana grasps Rama's feet and reports that he has left Sita at Valmiki's hermitage
  19 verses
• 7.53
  Sarga 53
  सर्गः 53
  Troubled that his neglect of public affairs is itself a sin, Rama bids Lakshmana summon the officers and petitioners
  26 verses
• 7.54
  Sarga 54
  सर्गः 54
  Lakshmana asks how King Nrga met his curse
  19 verses
• 7.55
  Sarga 55
  सर्गः 55
  At Lakshmana's wish Rama tells of King Nimi of the Ikshvakus, who founds a city near Gautama's hermitage and begins…
  21 verses
• 7.56
  Sarga 56
  सर्गः 56
  Lakshmana asks how the two regained their bodies
  29 verses
• 7.57
  Sarga 57
  सर्गः 57
  Rama continues: from the pot are born two sages, Agastya and then Vasishtha, who becomes Ikshvaku's priest
  20 verses
• 7.58
  Sarga 58
  सर्गः 58
  Lakshmana remarks how the consecrated Nimi would not forgive Vasishtha
  25 verses
• 7.59
  Sarga 59
  सर्गः 59
  Cursed with premature old age by Shukra, Yayati asks his sons to bear it; Yadu refuses but Puru accepts
  23 verses
• 7.60
  Sarga 60
  सर्गः 60
  At dawn Rama admits with honour the ascetics of the Yamuna bank, led by Chyavana, who bring offerings
  18 verses
• 7.61
  Sarga 61
  सर्गः 61
  Chyavana tells the origin of their fear: the devout demon Madhu won from Rudra a mighty trident that reduces any…
  25 verses
• 7.62
  Sarga 62
  सर्गः 62
  Rama asks of Lavana's ways and learns that he devours all beings, especially ascetics, from his seat in Madhuvana
  21 verses
• 7.63
  Sarga 63
  सर्गः 63
  Shatrughna, abashed to be consecrated before his elders, nonetheless obeys, and Rama has him anointed amid general joy
  31 verses
• 7.64
  Sarga 64
  सर्गः 64
  Rama equips Shatrughna with horses, chariots, elephants, gold and a retinue, counselling him to win his soldiers'…
  18 verses
• 7.65
  Sarga 65
  सर्गः 65
  Going ahead alone, Shatrughna lodges at Valmiki's hermitage, where the sage tells of his ancestor Saudasa…
  39 verses
• 7.66
  Sarga 66
  सर्गः 66
  That very night Sita bears twin sons at the hermitage, and Valmiki performs the protective rites, naming the elder…
  17 verses
• 7.67
  Sarga 67
  सर्गः 67
  Shatrughna asks of the trident's power, and Chyavana tells of King Mandhata, who, having conquered the earth, sought…
  26 verses
• 7.68
  Sarga 68
  सर्गः 68
  At morning Lavana comes out for food, and Shatrughna, having crossed the Yamuna, stands armed at the gate
  20 verses
• 7.69
  Sarga 69
  सर्गः 69
  The battle resumes
  40 verses
• 7.70
  Sarga 70
  सर्गः 70
  The gods offer Shatrughna a boon, and he asks that Madhu's realm become a populous city
  17 verses
• 7.71
  Sarga 71
  सर्गः 71
  In the twelfth year Shatrughna sets out for Ayodhya and lodges at Valmiki's hermitage, where the sage praises his…
  24 verses
• 7.72
  Sarga 72
  सर्गः 72
  Unable to sleep for the song, Shatrughna at dawn takes leave of Valmiki and reaches Ayodhya, where he reports that…
  21 verses
• 7.73
  Sarga 73
  सर्गः 73
  An old brahmin comes to the palace gate bearing his dead son, lamenting that in Rama's kingdom his only child has…
  19 verses
• 7.74
  Sarga 74
  सर्गः 74
  Rama summons his ministers and the sages, and Narada explains the cause: that in each age penance is lawful only to…
  33 verses
• 7.75
  Sarga 75
  सर्गः 75
  Rama has the child's body preserved in oil and, summoning the Pushpaka, sets out armed to search his realm
  19 verses
• 7.76
  Sarga 76
  सर्गः 76
  The ascetic declares himself Shambuka, a Shudra seeking heaven in his own body by penance, and Rama draws his sword…
  52 verses
• 7.77
  Sarga 77
  सर्गः 77
  Agastya tells how once, in a desolate forest by a lovely lake, he found a corpse that would not decay
  22 verses
• 7.78
  Sarga 78
  सर्गः 78
  The being tells that he was Shveta, king of Vidarbha, who won Brahma's world by penance but, having given no charity…
  30 verses
• 7.79
  Sarga 79
  सर्गः 79
  Rama asks why that forest was desolate, and Agastya tells how Manu set his son Ikshvaku to found royal lines
  20 verses
• 7.80
  Sarga 80
  सर्गः 80
  At Bhrigu's hermitage King Danda lusts for the sage's daughter Araja
  18 verses
• 7.81
  Sarga 81
  सर्गः 81
  The returning Bhrigu, learning of the outrage, curses Danda to perish within seven nights with all his realm under a…
  22 verses
• 7.82
  Sarga 82
  सर्गः 82
  After evening prayers and a night at the hermitage, Rama takes leave; Agastya extols him as the purifier of all…
  20 verses
• 7.83
  Sarga 83
  सर्गः 83
  Rama tells his brothers that, his duty to the brahmins done, he wishes to perform the Rajasuya sacrifice to raise a…
  20 verses
• 7.84
  Sarga 84
  सर्गः 84
  Lakshmana proposes instead the Ashvamedha, the all-purifying sacrifice by which Indra was once cleansed of…
  18 verses
• 7.85
  Sarga 85
  सर्गः 85
  At Rama's bidding Lakshmana finishes the tale of Vritra
  22 verses
• 7.86
  Sarga 86
  सर्गः 86
  With Indra fled and the world withered by drought, the gods perform the Ashvamedha Vishnu had prescribed and cleanse…
  21 verses
• 7.87
  Sarga 87
  सर्गः 87
  Rama agrees but first tells of King Ila, lord of Bahlika, who while hunting enters a region where Shiva, to please…
  29 verses
• 7.88
  Sarga 88
  सर्गः 88
  Asked how Ila fared, Rama continues: as a woman she wanders the forest and comes upon Budha, son of Soma, at his penance
  24 verses
• 7.89
  Sarga 89
  सर्गः 89
  Budha woos the woman Ila, who yields, and they pass the month happily; when Ila turns man again, Budha consoles him…
  25 verses
• 7.90
  Sarga 90
  सर्गः 90
  Asked what became of Ila, Rama tells how Budha gathered the sages, Kardama among them, who for Ila's sake perform an…
  24 verses
• 7.91
  Sarga 91
  सर्गः 91
  Resolved on the Ashvamedha, Rama has the brahmins ordain it and a horse of auspicious marks released, and bids…
  26 verses
• 7.92
  Sarga 92
  सर्गः 92
  Rama releases the sacrificial horse under Lakshmana's charge and proceeds to Naimisha
  19 verses
• 7.93
  Sarga 93
  सर्गः 93
  Valmiki arrives at the sacrifice with his disciples Kusha and Lava and instructs them to sing the whole Ramayana he…
  19 verses
• 7.94
  Sarga 94
  सर्गः 94
  At dawn Kusha and Lava sing the Ramayana before the assembly; captivated, Rama gathers the learned and seats the…
  32 verses
• 7.95
  Sarga 95
  सर्गः 95
  Hearing the song day by day and recognizing Kusha and Lava as Sita's sons, Rama sends to Valmiki to ask that Sita,…
  16 verses
• 7.96
  Sarga 96
  सर्गः 96
  Next day the sages and a vast throng assemble to witness Sita's oath
  24 verses
• 7.97
  Sarga 97
  सर्गः 97
  Rama accepts Valmiki's word, owning that he abandoned the pure Sita only for fear of scandal, and acknowledges Kusha…
  27 verses
• 7.98
  Sarga 98
  सर्गः 98
  Stricken with grief and rage, Rama demands that Earth restore Sita or grant him entry, threatening her destruction
  27 verses
• 7.99
  Sarga 99
  सर्गः 99
  Next day Kusha and Lava sing the future portion of the poem
  20 verses
• 7.100
  Sarga 100
  सर्गः 100
  King Yudhajit of Kekaya sends his preceptor Gargya with rich gifts, proposing that Rama conquer the beautiful…
  25 verses
• 7.101
  Sarga 101
  सर्गः 101
  Bharata and Yudhajit reach the Gandharva city, and after a seven-night battle Bharata looses the dread Samvarta…
  18 verses
• 7.102
  Sarga 102
  सर्गः 102
  Rama resolves to give kingdoms to Lakshmana's sons Angada and Chandraketu, settling them at Bharata's counsel in the…
  17 verses
• 7.103
  Sarga 103
  सर्गः 103
  Time himself, in the guise of an ascetic and bearing a message from a great sage, comes to Rama's gate and asks a…
  17 verses
• 7.104
  Sarga 104
  सर्गः 104
  The messenger reveals himself as Time, sent by Brahma to tell Rama that his ordained span as Vishnu among men is…
  19 verses
• 7.105
  Sarga 105
  सर्गः 105
  As they confer, the sage Durvasa arrives demanding instant audience and threatening to curse Rama's line if denied
  18 verses
• 7.106
  Sarga 106
  सर्गः 106
  Lakshmana, understanding, bids Rama abandon him to keep his vow lest dharma itself perish, and the council and…
  18 verses
• 7.107
  Sarga 107
  सर्गः 107
  Bereft of Lakshmana, Rama resolves to install Bharata and retire to the forest
  21 verses
• 7.108
  Sarga 108
  सर्गः 108
  The messengers reach Mathura and tell Shatrughna all
  38 verses
• 7.109
  Sarga 109
  सर्गः 109
  At dawn, all rites performed by Vasishtha, Rama sets forth on his last journey
  22 verses
• 7.110
  Sarga 110
  सर्गः 110
  Rama reaches the westward-flowing Sarayu, where Brahma descends with the gods and countless celestial chariots
  28 verses
• 7.111
  Sarga 111
  सर्गः 111
  The poem concludes: this is the whole Ramayana with its Uttara Kanda, composed by Valmiki and approved by Brahma,…
  25 verses

111 sargas, 3463 verses. Each sarga shows its topic (IIT Kanpur summary); verses carry word meanings, English and Hindi where the sources have them.