Śrīmad Vālmīki Rāmāyana (English Translation)
This podcast features recordings from an online Satsang group that reads the Gita Press English translation of the Śrīmad Vālmīki Rāmāyana. The episodes are taken from their live sessions, and the effort is dedicated to Lord Śrī Rāma. The podcast also provides a link to the original Sanskrit audio for reference.
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Yuddhakānda - Canto 128 (End of Yuddhakānda)
Bharata renders back the kingdom of Ayodhyā to Śrī Rāma, who drives in a procession to the city; his consecration on the throne of Ayodhyā; His farewell to the monkeys and the glory of the epic.
END OF YUDDHAKĀNDA
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Yuddhakānda - Canto 127
Arrangements for the reception of Śrī Rāma in Ayodhyā; the departure of Bharata with all others for Nandigråma to receiveŚrī Rāma; Śrī Rāma’s meeting with Bharata and others and his sending back the aerial car, Puspaka, to Kubera, the ruler of Yaksas (a class of demigods), to whom it originally belonged.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 126
Hanumān recounts to Bharata broad details relating to the sojourn of Śrī Rāma, Sītā and Laksmana in the forest.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 125
Preceding Śrī Rāma to Śrngaverapura and Nandigrāma, Hanumān apprises Guha and Bharata of Śrī Rāma’s impending return soon and Bharata offers him a number of valuable gifts in recompense for the delightful news.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 124
Landing the aerial car at the hermitage of Sage Bharadwāja, Śrī Rāma sees the great Rsi and receives boons from him.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 123
In the course of their flight to Ayodhyā, Śrī Rāma shows to Sītā the places over which they were flying.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 122
In obedience to the command of Śrī Rāma, Vibhīsana heaps special honours on the monkeys and taking Sugrīva, Vibhīsana and other monkeys with them, Śrī Rāma, Sītā and Laksmana start on their aerial journey by Puspaka.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 121
Śrī Rāma prepares to leave for Ayodhyā and at his instance Vibhīsana orders the presence of the aerial car, Puspaka, to take him to Ayodhyā.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 120
At the instance of Śrī Rāma, Indra brings back to life all the monkeys who had lost their life in combat, the gods disperse and the simian army enjoy their well-earned rest.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 119
As enjoined by Lord Śiva, Śrī Rāma and Laksmana pay their respects to the soul of Emperor Daśaratha, who appears in an ethereal form, a replica of his extinct personality, and ascends once more to heaven after giving necessary instructions to his two former sons and daughter-in-law.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 118
The god of fire emerges in person from the burning pyre with Sītā and, restoring her to Śrī Rāma, testifies to her purity and the latter joyfully accept her.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 117
Gods seek the presence of Śrī Rāma, and Brahmā (the creator) proclaims his divinity and extols him.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 116
With a taunting reply, Sītā undergoes a fire-ordeal in order to prove her conjugal fidelity.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 115
Regarding with suspicion the character of Sītā, Śrī Rāma repudiates her and asks her to seek shelter elsewhere.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 114
At the command of Śrī Rāma, Vibhīsana escorts Sītā to the former’s presence and she feasts her eyes on the moon-like countenance of her darling.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 113
Hanumān delivers Śrī Rāma’s message to Sītā and brings back her message to him.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 112
Installation of Vibhīsana on the throne of Lankā; Śrī Rāma sends his message to Sītā through Hanumān.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 111
Mandodarī’s lament and the funeral of Rāvana.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 110
The lament of Rāvana’s consorts.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 109
Vibhīsana bursts into a lament and Śrī Rāma comforts him and asks him to perform the obsequies in relation to his deceased eldest brother.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 108
Rāvana’s death at Śrī Rāma’s hands.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 107
Fierce encounter of Śrī Rāma with Rāvana.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 106
Catching sight of Rāvana’s chariot, Śrī Rāma asks Mātali to be on his guard. A description of portents prognosticating the fall of Rāvana and good omens predicting the victory of Śrī Rāma.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 105
Sage Agastya advises Śrī Rāma to recite the ‘Āditya-Hrdaya’, a collection of verses in praise of the sun-god, with a view to gaining victory.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 104
Rāvana reproaches the charioteer and the latter after satisfying his master with his reply drives his chariot back to the battlefield.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 103
Śrī Rāma upbraids Rāvana, who, when wounded by the former is removed from the battlefield by his charioteer.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 102
Seated in a chariot sent by Indra (the ruler of gods), Śrī Rāma renews his combat with Rāvana.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 101
Śrī Rāma laments over the precarious condition of Laksmana. The latter regains consciousness under the treatment of the monkey Susena with the help of a herb brought at his instance all the way from the Himālaya mountain by Hanumān.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 100
Encounter of Śrī Rāma with Rāvana; Laksmana swoons under a blow of Rāvana’s javelin and Rāvana flees away from the battlefield.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 99
Śrī Rāma’s encounter with Rāvana.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 98
Fall of Mahāpārśwa at the hands of Angada.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 97
The fearful encounter of Mahodara with Sugrīva and his fall at the latter’s hands.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 96
Destruction of the army of ogres at the hands of Sugrīva and the fall of Virūpaāksa.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 95
Rāvana calls together his generals and, marching with them to the field of battle, exhibits his valour against the enemy.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 94
Lament of the ogresses.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 93
Destruction of ogre-troops at the hands of Śrī Rāma.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 92
Stricken with grief at the death of Indrajit, Rāvana proceeds to kill Sītā, who, he feels was the root of all trouble, but desistsfrom this dastardly act at the intercession of Supārśwa.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 91
Laksmana, Vibhīsana and others approach Śrī Rāma with the news of Indrajit’s fall. Delighted with the news, Śrī Rāma embraces Laksmana and applauds him and gets Laksmana and others treated by Susena.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 90
A fierce contest between Indrajit and Laksmana, and Indrajit's fall.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 89
Vibhīsana takes the offensive against the ogres and encourages the commanders of monkey-troops to carry on the struggle. Laksmana kills the charioteer of Indrajit and the monkeys make short work of his horses.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 88
Exchange of hot words between Laksmana and Indrajit, followed by a fierce fight.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 87
Exchange of hot words between Indrajit and Vibhīsana.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 86
In the course of an encounter of the monkeys with the ogres, Hanumān plays havoc among the hostile army and challenges Indrajit to a duel and Laksmana catches sight of the ogre.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 85
Importuned by Vibhīsana, Śrī Rāma commands Laksmana to march against Indrajit to make short work of him, and Laksmana arrives with an army near the sanctuary of Nikumbhilā.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 84
Telling Śrī Rāma the secret of the conjuring trick practised by Indrajit, Vibhīsana assures him of Sītā being still alive and urges him to send Laksmana with an army to the sanctuary of Nikumbhilā.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 83
Śrī Rāma faints away on being told that Sītā has been done to death. After consoling him, Laksmana prepares for action.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 82
Led by Hanumān, the monkeys meet the ogres in an encounter; Hanumān returns to the presence of Śrī Rāma and Indrajit pours oblations into the sacred fire at the sanctuary of Nikumbhilā.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 81
Indrajit kills an illusory living image of Sītā.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 80
Indrajit puts up a formidable fight under orders of Rāvana and Śrī Rāma and Laksmana discuss the ways and means of putting an end to him.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 79
Death of Makarāksa at the hands of Śrī Rāma.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 78
Makarāksa sets out for an encounter under orders of Rāvana.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 77
Nikumbha’s death at the hands of Hanumān.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 76
Death of Kampana and Prajangha at the hands of Angada, of Śonitāksa at the hands of Dwivida, of Yūpāksa at the hands of Mainda and of Kumbha at the hands of Sugrīva.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 75
Lankā is set fire to by the monkeys, on which a terrible conflict ensues between the ogres and the monkeys.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 74
Under instructions from Jāmbavān, the lord of bears, Hanumān fetched a hillock covered with celestial herbs; and inhaling the odour of those herbs, Śrī Rāma, Laksmana and all the monkeys regained their normal health.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 73
A missile presided over by Brahmā and shot by Indrajit renders Śrī Rāma and Laksmana as well as the whole army of monkeys unconscious.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 72
Rāvana feels anxious for the safety of Lankā and enjoins the ogres to guard the city jealously.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 71
Atikāya puts up a fierce fight and is killed by Laksmana.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 70
Death of Devāntaka and Triśirā at the hands of Hanumān, of Mahodara at the hands of Nīla and of Mahāpārśwa at the hands of Rsabha.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 69
Rāvana’s sons and brothers sally forth for an encounter and Narāntaka meets with his death at the hands of Angada.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 68
Rāvana’s lament over Kumbhakarna’s fall.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 67
Kumbhakarna’s terrible encounter with Śrī Rāma and death at his hands.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 66
Angada reassures and rallies the monkeys scared away by Kumbhakarna; their carnage at the hands of Kumbhakarna puts them to flight again and Angada restores them to confidence once more.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 65
Kumbhakarna’s sally for an encounter.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 64
Mahodara twits Kumbhakarna and suggests to Rāvana a device to achieve his end without a struggle.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 63
Kumbhakarna twits Rāvana for all his misdeeds and, reassuring him, shows his determination for a conflict.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 62
Kumbhakarna enters the palace of Rāvana, who warns him of the danger from Śrī Rāma and urges him to destroy the enemy's army.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 61
Vibhīsana acquaints Śrī Rāma with Kumbhakarna and the monkeys take up their position firmly at the gates of Lankā for an encounter under orders of Śrī Rāma.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 60
The slumbering Kumbhakarna is roused by the ogres under orders of their king, who felt disconsolate at his own defeat, and the monkeys get alarmed to see the former.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 59
Disconsolate at the death of Prahasta, Rāvana himself appears on the battle-field for an encounter. After a tough fight with Sugrīva, Laksmana, Hanumān and Nīla, Ranvana meets Śrī Rāma and, sustaining an ignominious defeat at the latter’s hands and escaping with his life, withdraws to Lankā.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 58
Nīa kills Prahasta.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 57
Under orders of Rāvana, Prahasta sallies forthwith a large army for the battlefield.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 56
Hanumān kills Akampana.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 55
Akampana and other ogres appear on the field of battle under orders of Rāvana and wage a deadly conflict with the monkeys.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 54
An encounter between Vajradamstra and Angada, who kills the former.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 53
The monkey’s tough fight with the ogre Vajradamstra dispatched by Rāvana, who is provoked by the death of Dhūmrāksa.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 52
Dhūmrāksa fights and is killed by Hanumān.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 51
Hearing the tumultuous noise of the monkeys, the servants of Rāvana, detailed for the purpose, report to him how the two scions of Raghu were freed from the bondage of arrows. Depressed by this news, Rāvana dispatches Dhūmrāksa to dispose of Śrī Rāma. Though perturbed at the sight of evil portents, yet unwilling to retrace his steps on any account, Dhūmrāksa surveys the army of the monkeys.
Yuddhakānda - Canto 50
Beholding Vibhīsana, Sugrīva asks Jāmbavān to restore the fleeing monkeys to confidence and himself reassures Vibhīsana. In the meantime, Garuda, the king of birds, makes his appearance on the scene and liberates Śrī Rāma and Laksmana from their bondage.
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