When the celestial sage Narada had unfolded before Dharmaja the splendour of other royal halls, he spoke with gentle urgency: “Your father Pandu charged me to remind you that the Rājasūya, rightly performed, shall lift your glory in both worlds and release your forefathers from the wheel of birth and death. The treasure you have…
The simian host, marshalled under the supreme command of their chieftain, stood in grand array—an assembly vast and formidable, glimmering under Rama’s gaze as the autumn moon amidst stars. Their motion resembled the surge of the ocean, quaking the earth beneath, while dreadful war trumpets, thundering battle drums, and the roar of demon legions split…
The simian host, marshalled under the supreme command of their chieftain, stood in grand array—an assembly vast and formidable, glimmering under Rama’s gaze as the autumn moon amidst stars. Their motion resembled the surge of the ocean, quaking the earth beneath, while dreadful war trumpets, thundering battle drums, and the roar of demon legions split…
Then rose Rama, embodiment of virtue and sovereign will, into a wrath dutiful and divine. His voice thundered like the end of time, shaking the heavens and trembling the earth: “O Ocean! If you deny me passage, I shall render you extinct. With my celestial arrows shall I drain your waters, scour your depths, and…
Rama, steadfast in his resolve, stood upon the ocean’s edge, silently offering prayer to the Lord of Waters. He invoked the sacred bond between gods and men, reminding the Ocean of their ancient kinship and his duty now, at this hour of dire crisis. Not only did Rama plead for his own cause, but for…
The immortal and ardent seeker of righteousness, Vibhishana, spoke boldly and without fear to his brother, the demon-king Ravana, laying bare the truth before him. Finding no place for virtue in that corrupted court, he swiftly departed the land and journeyed toward the encampment where Rama, the protector of the worlds, had stationed himself, seeking…
The noble son of King Dasaratha, Prince Rama—radiant in virtue and resplendent in might—stood poised upon the precipice of destiny. With the keen insight of a sage and the boldness of a warrior, he pondered deeply the labyrinthine intricacies of invading Lanka and confronting the nether world of rakshasas. He marvelled not only at the…
The son of Vayu, his limbs dusted with the ashes of battle and eyes bright with the fire of triumph, returned from the dread isle of Lanka and stood before the noble son of Dasharatha. With folded hands and voice steeped in reverence, he spoke thus: “O prince of the, I bring tidings from the…
