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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa — Complete (Sanskrit with Word-by-Word English Translation)

by Maharṣi Vālmīki; English translation by Desiraju Hanumanta Rao and Sri K. M. K. Murthy

Sanskrit (Devanagari) with English translation

The Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa in six kāṇḍas — Bāla, Ayodhyā, Araṇya, Kiṣkindhā, Sundara and Yuddha — comprising 534 sargas and 18,820 verses, in Devanāgarī with a word-by-word English gloss, running English translation and scholarly notes. Text and translation from valmikiramayan.net, the word-for-word rendering of Desiraju Hanumanta Rao with Sri K. M. K. Murthy. Each verse carries its canonical kāṇḍa.sarga.śloka reference.

Chapters (13)

  1. 1.Bāla Kāṇḍa — The Book of Youthful Majesties (sargas 1–37)
  2. 2.Bāla Kāṇḍa — The Book of Youthful Majesties (sargas 38–77)
  3. 3.Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa — The Book of Ayodhyā (sargas 1–61)
  4. 4.Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa — The Book of Ayodhyā (sargas 62–119)
  5. 5.Araṇya Kāṇḍa — The Book of the Forest (sargas 1–41)
  6. 6.Araṇya Kāṇḍa — The Book of the Forest (sargas 42–75)
  7. 7.Kiṣkindhā Kāṇḍa — The Book of Kiṣkindhā (sargas 1–33)
  8. 8.Kiṣkindhā Kāṇḍa — The Book of Kiṣkindhā (sargas 33–67)
  9. 9.Sundara Kāṇḍa — The Book of Beauty (sargas 1–35)
  10. 10.Sundara Kāṇḍa — The Book of Beauty (sargas 35–68)
  11. 11.Yuddha Kāṇḍa — The Book of War (sargas 1–46)
  12. 12.Yuddha Kāṇḍa — The Book of War (sargas 47–84)
  13. 13.Yuddha Kāṇḍa — The Book of War (sargas 85–128)