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श्रीमद्भुशुण्डिरामायणम्

Śrīmad Bhuśuṇḍi Rāmāyaṇa

The complete Ādi Rāmāyaṇa in 514 chapters and 26,995 scan-controlled Sanskrit passages with fresh English

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The Bhuśuṇḍi Rāmāyaṇa presents Rāma's divine life through the dialogue of Brahmā and Bhuśuṇḍa, joining royal Ayodhyā with the intimate līlā of eternal Pramoda Forest.

This complete edition follows the locked 1975 three-volume witness chapter by chapter. Every presented Sanskrit passage has a fresh English translation; the final chapter preserves the printed completion formula of the Ādi Rāmāyaṇa.

Complete contents

Pūrva-khaṇḍa · पूर्वखण्ड · Global chapters 1146

001Chapter 1: Brahmā’s hymn002Chapter 2: The gods’ questions003Chapter 3: Brahmā’s instruction004Chapter 4: The calming of Bhuśuṇḍa005Chapter 5: Garuḍa is granted a vision006Chapter 6: Hanumān’s vision007Chapter 7: The narrative is introduced008Chapter 8: The divine descent is announced009Chapter 9: The greatness of Rāma010Chapter 10: Hymns at Rāma’s birth011Chapter 11: The hymn of the Vedic revelations012Chapter 12: The festival of Rāma’s birth013Chapter 13: Vasiṣṭha’s thousand-name teaching014Chapter 14: Sītā’s thousand-name teaching015Chapter 15: Lakṣmaṇa’s thousand-name teaching016Chapter 16: Description of childhood017Chapter 17: The slaying of Pūtanā018Chapter 18: Rāma’s childhood deeds019Chapter 19: The vision of the universal form020Chapter 20: The liberation of Sunītha021Chapter 21: The account of Rāma’s calf-herding līlā022Chapter 22: The breaking of Indra’s pride023Chapter 23: The granting of a boon to the cowherd maidens024Chapter 24: The description of the divine play025Chapter 25: Rāma’s rāsa026Chapter 26: Rāma’s rāsa027Chapter 27: Rāma’s rāsa028Chapter 28: Rāma’s rāsa029Chapter 29: Rāma’s rāsa030Chapter 30: Rāma’s rāsa031Chapter 31: Rāma’s rāsa032Chapter 32: Rāma’s rāsa033Chapter 33: The gopīs’ song of separation034Chapter 34: Rāma returns and teaches the gopīs035Chapter 35: The great rāsa dance036Chapter 36: The Dandaka sages behold Rāma’s rāsa037Chapter 37: The water sports038Chapter 38: The forest sports039Chapter 39: The meaning of the rāsa narrative040Chapter 40: Rāma’s departure041Chapter 41: Rāma’s absence from Vraja042Chapter 42: Rāma’s journey043Chapter 43: Rāma’s journey into the city: the Rāma-gītā044Chapter 44: The Rāma-gītā: contemplation and the fourth state045Chapter 45: The Rāma-gītā: the gradations of devotion046Chapter 46: The secret of the Rāma-gītā: jīva, Brahman, and love047Chapter 47: The secret of the Rāma-gītā: daily contemplative service048Chapter 48: The secret of the Rāma-gītā: absorption into Rāma and the names of Sahajā049Chapter 49: The secret of the Rāma-gītā: the outward manifestations and the eternal realm050Chapter 50: The secret of the Rāma-gītā: the cosmic form and the promise of inseparable union051Chapter 51: The secret of the Rāma-gītā: contemplative forms within and beyond the guṇas052Chapter 52: Forms of Rāma contemplated for particular aims053Chapter 53: The eternal attendants and the former births of Sukhita, Māṅgalyā, Nandana, and Rājinī054Chapter 54: The eternal attendants and the Śruti-form gopīs055Chapter 55: The sage-form gopīs and Rāma’s many relationships with devotees056Chapter 56: The gopīs’ former births and the gods at Rāma-kuṇḍa057Chapter 57: The gods revealed in their eternal gopī forms058Chapter 58: Pilgrimage, Sāketa’s sacred groves, and threefold devotion059Chapter 59: The heart-lotus, eternal līlā, and the completion of the Rāma-gītā060Chapter 60: Revelation of Rāma’s realm and departure from Vraja061Chapter 61: The homecoming to Ayodhyā and Daśaratha’s recognition062Chapter 62: Daśaratha’s return from Varuṇa’s realm063Chapter 63: The account of Chāyāsura064Chapter 64: Rāma’s longing in the spring groves065Chapter 65: The arrival of Sītā’s portrait066Chapter 66: The messengers reach Vraja067Chapter 67: The princes meet the cowherd women068Chapter 68: The cowherd women’s hymn to moon-like Rāma069Chapter 69: The princes return from Vraja070Chapter 70: Rāma instructs the princes071Chapter 71: The meeting with Viśvāmitra072Chapter 72: The slaying of Khara and Tāḍakā073Chapter 73: The protection of Viśvāmitra’s sacrifice074Chapter 74: The resolve to journey to Mithilā075Chapter 75: The arrival at Mithilā076Chapter 76: The breaking of Śiva’s bow077Chapter 77: The conflict between Rāma and Bhārgava078Chapter 78: Bhārgava’s defeat079Chapter 79: The reunion of Sītā and Rāma080Chapter 80: The account of the creepers’ liberation081Chapter 81: The Creator’s petition082Chapter 82: The account of the creepers’ liberation083Chapter 83: The account of the creepers’ liberation (continued)084Chapter 84: The creepers’ choosing085Chapter 85: The gift of liberation to the creepers086Chapter 86: Proclaiming the nature and fruit of Rāma’s name087Chapter 87: The greatness of Śrī Rāma088Chapter 88: Śeṣa’s praise089Chapter 89: Granting Śeṣa’s boon090Chapter 90: Rāma’s installation as heir-apparent091Chapter 91: Viṣṇu’s praise and Rāma’s recovery of the Vaikuṇṭha fires092Chapter 92: Rāma’s sovereign majesty093Chapter 93: An explanation of valor094Chapter 94: An explanation of Rāma’s glory095Chapter 95: An explanation of sacred prosperity096Chapter 96: An explanation of the Name097Chapter 97: An explanation of detachment098Chapter 98: Bringing back the twice-borns’ cows099Chapter 99: Daśaratha and Kauśalyā recognize Rāma’s supreme nature100Chapter 100: Deliverance of the maternal uncles101Chapter 101: Daśaratha begins his pilgrimage102Chapter 102: The sacred forests around Ayodhyā103Chapter 103: The Pilgrimage from Naimiṣāraṇya to Kurukṣetra104Chapter 104: From Kurukṣetra Through the Himalayas to Badarikā105Chapter 105: The Sacred Forests and Fords of Mathurā106Chapter 106: Akrūratīrtha, Govardhana, and the Inner Places of Vraja107Chapter 107: The Manifestation of Yamunā and Yama108Chapter 108: Yamunā’s Descent to Mount Kalinda109Chapter 109: Yamunā Becomes Kalinda’s Daughter and Sanctifies the Earth110Chapter 110: Yamunā’s Solar Birth and Daśaratha’s Arrival in Ādi-Vraja111Chapter 111: Rāma’s Deliverance of the Ḍākinī112Chapter 112: The Cot Demon and the Uprooted Tree113Chapter 113: Rāma’s First Calf-Herding and Hidden Victories114Chapter 114: The Saugandhika Mountain and Sukhita’s Vision115Chapter 115: Rāma’s Forest Games and Return to Vraja116Chapter 116: Rāma Frees the Kāla-Serpent117Chapter 117: The Sages’ Wives Bring Food to Rāma118Chapter 118: Rāma Swallows the Forest Fires and Slays Two Demons119Chapter 119: Rāma Shelters Vraja from Indra’s Deluge120Chapter 120: Sahajā’s Companion Circles and Rāma’s Disguise121Chapter 121: The Unknown Maiden’s Longing for Sahajā122Chapter 122: Sahajā and Rāma’s Secret Bower Wedding123Chapter 123: Rāma’s Rasa Teaching and Sahajā’s Divine Childhood124Chapter 124: Sahajā’s Youth, Betrothal, and Kāmeśvara Remedy125Chapter 125: Kāmeśvara’s Boon and Taralā’s Recognition of Sahajā126Chapter 126: The Six Seasons and Rāma’s Flower-Ornament Message127Chapter 127: Sahajā and Rāma’s Union, and Kuśala’s Transformation128Chapter 128: The Cowherd Girls’ Vow and Rāma’s Garment-Stealing Līlā129Chapter 129: Rāma’s Flute Summons the Women to the Great Rāsa130Chapter 130: The Great Rāsa and the Teaching on Pure Devotion131Chapter 131: Nārada’s Vision of Sahajānandinī132Chapter 132: The Vraja Feast and Rāma’s Evening Return133Chapter 133: Rāma Frees Candramukha from the Python Form134Chapter 134: Rāma’s Unasked Gift to Suriśarman135Chapter 135: Rāma Defeats the Bull Demon and Sughora136Chapter 136: The Holī Rescue and the Transmission of Rāma’s Secret Līlā137Chapter 137: Daśaratha’s Pilgrimage and the Viśālākṣī Account138Chapter 138: Viśālākṣī Meets Rāma and Learns Sahajā Worship139Chapter 139: The Wedding of Rāma and Viśālākṣī140Chapter 140: Daśaratha Reaches Mithilā141Chapter 141: Janaka's Vision of Rāma and Sītā142Chapter 142: The Worship of Sahajānandinī143Chapter 143: Daśaratha's Arrival in Vraja144Chapter 144: The Forests of Vraja and Govardhana145Chapter 145: The Completion of Daśaratha's Pilgrimage146Chapter 146: The Establishment of the Great Sages

Dakṣiṇa-khaṇḍa · दक्षिणखण्ड · Global chapters 147391

147Chapter 1: Brahmā's Hymn to Rāma148Chapter 2: The Request to Hear Rāma's Forest Deeds149Chapter 3: The Sages' Conversation on Spiritual Knowledge150Chapter 4: The Deliverance of the Sages151Chapter 5: The Princes Before the Royal Consecration152Chapter 6: The Consecration Planned and Divinely Deferred153Chapter 7: Kaikeyī Claims Her Boons154Chapter 8: Preparing to Enter the Forest155Chapter 9: Rāma Prepares to Depart156Chapter 10: The First Night beside the Tamasā157Chapter 11: Enchanting the Citizens158Chapter 12: The Sojourn beneath the Iṅgudī Tree159Chapter 13: The Sojourn beneath the Banyan Tree160Chapter 14: Dwelling beside the Yamunā161Chapter 15: Dwelling at Citrakūṭa162Chapter 16: The Beauty of Mount Citrakūṭa163Chapter 17: Play in a Cave at Citrakūṭa164Chapter 18: The Crow Loses an Eye165Chapter 19: Sumantra Returns to Ayodhyā166Chapter 20: Sumantra’s Message167Chapter 21: Sumantra Consoles Kauśalyā and the King168Chapter 22: Sumitrā’s Counsel169Chapter 23: Daśaratha Recounts the Killing of the Sage’s Son170Chapter 24: Daśaratha’s Passing171Chapter 25: Ayodhyā Mourns Daśaratha172Chapter 26: Bharata’s Arrival173Chapter 27: Bharata Rebukes Kaikeyī174Chapter 28: Bharata Meets Kauśalyā175Chapter 29: Bharata’s Grief176Chapter 30: Daśaratha’s Funeral177Chapter 31: Bharata Sets Out178Chapter 32: Guha’s Question179Chapter 33: Guha’s Account180Chapter 34: Bharadvāja’s Hospitality to Bharata181Chapter 35: The Army Departs182Chapter 36: Arrival at the Mountain183Chapter 37: Bharata Beholds Rāma184Chapter 38: Bharata Tells Rāma of Daśaratha's Death185Chapter 39: The Water Offering for Daśaratha186Chapter 40: Bharata Pleads for Rāma's Return187Chapter 41: Rāma Assigns the Two Realms188Chapter 42: The Arguments for Rāma's Return189Chapter 43: The Gift of the Sandals190Chapter 44: Hymn to Rāma's Jeweled Sandals191Chapter 45: Bharata Returns to Ayodhyā192Chapter 46: Bharata Establishes the Sandal Throne at Nandigrāma193Chapter 47: The Sandals' Auspicious Reign194Chapter 48: The Sandals End the Deluge195Chapter 49: The People Appeal During the Drought196Chapter 50: The Sandals Bring Rain and Abundance197Chapter 51: Vasiṣṭha's Hymn During the Invasion198Chapter 52: The Enemy Army Is Laid Low199Chapter 53: The Rescue of a Brāhmaṇa's Cows200Chapter 54: The Defeat of Bāṇa and Rāvaṇa201Chapter 55: Revelation of the Sandals' Mantra202Chapter 56: The Protective Armor of the Sandals' Mantra203Chapter 57: The Supreme Truth of the Sandals204Chapter 58: Conclusion of the Reign of the Sandals205Chapter 59: The Splendor of Citrakūṭa Mountain206Chapter 60: Rāma's Eternal Presence at Citrakūṭa207Chapter 61: Sukhita's Journey to Citrakūṭa208Chapter 62: Sukhita Meets Guha209Chapter 63: The Vraja Community Reaches Citrakūṭa210Chapter 64: Lakṣmaṇa Welcomes the Vraja Community211Chapter 65: Sukhita Pleads for Rāma's Return212Chapter 66: A Message from Pramoda-vana213Chapter 67: Divine Hospitality at Citrakūṭa214Chapter 68: Rāma Invites Vraja to Remain at Citrakūṭa215Chapter 69: The Vraja Community Enjoys Rāma's Hospitality216Chapter 70: Bharata's Message and Rāma's Proposal for Vraja217Chapter 71: Śūra Summons Śrīnandana to Citrakūṭa218Chapter 72: Śrīnandana Prepares Vraja for Citrakūṭa219Chapter 73: Śrīnandana Takes Leave of Bharata220Chapter 74: The Two Cowherd Communities Reunite221Chapter 75: The Gopīs' Forest Play at Citrakūṭa222Chapter 76: Jānakī Asks About the Merit of the Vraja Devotees223Chapter 77: Rāma Describes the Orders of Souls and His Vraja Associates224Chapter 78: The Gopīs Who Emerged with Lakṣmī and the Defeat of the Gods225Chapter 79: Viṣṇu Appears and the Gods Praise the Supreme226Chapter 80: Viṣṇu Explains the Need and Peril of Churning the Ocean227Chapter 81: The Plan for Churning the Ocean228Chapter 82: Bṛhaspati and Śukra Secure the Demons' Alliance229Chapter 83: Viṣṇu Sustains the Churning as the Tortoise230Chapter 84: Śiva Drinks the Hālāhala Poison231Chapter 85: Treasures Emerge and Lakṣmī Appears232Chapter 86: Lakṣmī Searches for Her Bridegroom233Chapter 87: Lakṣmī Chooses Nārāyaṇa234Chapter 88: The Nectar Appears235Chapter 89: Mohinī Appears236Chapter 90: The Asuras Entrust the Nectar to Mohinī237Chapter 91: The Gods Drink the Nectar238Chapter 92: Rāhu Is Established as a Planet239Chapter 93: The Gods and Asuras Go to War240Chapter 94: The War Ends241Chapter 95: Śiva Beholds Mohinī242Chapter 96: The Nature of Sahajā243Chapter 97: The Devotee Enters the Eternal Līlā244Chapter 98: Sītā Praises Sahajā and the Vraja Maidens245Chapter 99: Vraja's Intimate Līlās on Citrakūṭa246Chapter 100: The Six Seasons Serve Rāma's Citrakūṭa Līlā247Chapter 101: Rāvaṇa's Boons and the Counsel to Seize Laṅkā248Chapter 102: Rāvaṇa Challenges Kubera for Laṅkā249Chapter 103: Pulastya Directs Kubera to Alakā250Chapter 104: Rāvaṇa Is Crowned King of Laṅkā251Chapter 105: Rāvaṇa Wins Boons from Śiva252Chapter 106: Rāvaṇa's Conquests Reach the Narmadā253Chapter 107: Pulastya Secures Rāvaṇa's Release254Chapter 108: Rāvaṇa Resolves to Perform Austerity255Chapter 109: Rāvaṇa's Ambition for Universal Rule256Chapter 110: Sulochanā Questions Meghanāda257Chapter 111: Meghanāda's Restless Ambition258Chapter 112: Śeṣa Visits Sulochanā259Chapter 113: Meghanāda Receives Śeṣa's Boons260Chapter 114: Meghanāda Defeats Indra261Chapter 115: The Ascendancy of the Rākṣasas262Chapter 116: The Prayer for Rāghava's Descent263Chapter 117: The Manifestation of the Mandākinī264Chapter 118: Atri's Praise and the Arrival of the Daṇḍaka Sages265Chapter 119: The Sages' Appeal to Śrī Rāma266Chapter 120: The Arrival of the Gods267Chapter 121: The Gods' Appeal to Rāma268Chapter 122: Anasūyā's Gifts and Blessings for Sītā269Chapter 123: Rāma Departs from Atri's Hermitage270Chapter 124: The Sages Follow Rāma from Atri's Hermitage271Chapter 125: Rāma's Three Arrows272Chapter 126: Atri Consoles the People of Vraja273Chapter 127: The Cowherd Women's Loving Reproaches274Chapter 128: The Return to Pramoda Forest275Chapter 129: The Departure from Citrakūṭa and the Slaying of Virādha276Chapter 130: Life in the Daṇḍaka Forest277Chapter 131: The Forest Women Welcome the Travelers278Chapter 132: Rāma Adorns Sītā in the Sages' Forest279Chapter 133: The Fire-born Sages Ask for Intimate Devotion280Chapter 134: The Promise to the Fire-born Sages281Chapter 135: The Journey to Agastya's Hermitage282Chapter 136: Agastya Directs Rāma to Pañcavaṭī283Chapter 137: Departure from Agastya's Hermitage284Chapter 138: Entry into the Forest of Pañcavaṭī285Chapter 139: The First Night at Pañcavaṭī286Chapter 140: The Godāvarī and Service to the Sages287Chapter 141: Hospitality and Play in Pañcavaṭī288Chapter 142: Śūrpaṇakhā's Entreaty289Chapter 143: Śūrpaṇakhā's Humiliation290Chapter 144: The Slaying of Khara, Dūṣaṇa, and Triśiras291Chapter 145: Śūrpaṇakhā's Complaint to Rāvaṇa292Chapter 146: Rāvaṇa's Lament293Chapter 147: Rāvaṇa and Mārīca Arrive at Pañcavaṭī294Chapter 148: Sītā Is Enchanted by the Golden Deer295Chapter 149: Rāma Warns Sītā About the Illusory Deer296Chapter 150: Rāma Charges Lakṣmaṇa to Protect Sītā297Chapter 151: Rāma Slays Mārīca in the Form of the Golden Deer298Chapter 152: Sītā Urges Lakṣmaṇa to Find Rāma299Chapter 153: Lakṣmaṇa Warns Against a Misleading Cry300Chapter 154: Lakṣmaṇa Draws the Protective Line and Departs301Chapter 155: Rāvaṇa Abducts Sītā302Chapter 156: Jatāyu Battles Rāvaṇa303Chapter 157: Rāma Returns to the Empty Hermitage304Chapter 158: Rāma's Grief at Sītā's Disappearance305Chapter 159: Lakṣmaṇa's Lament and the Brothers' Search306Chapter 160: Leaving Pañcavaṭī307Chapter 161: Jatāyu's Final Testimony and Funeral Rites308Chapter 162: Lakṣmaṇa Calms Rāma's Cosmic Anger309Chapter 163: Kabandha's Counsel and the Sojourn at Pampā310Chapter 164: The Anklet in the Forest311Chapter 165: Rāma Approaches Śabarī's Forest312Chapter 166: Rāma Enters Śabarī's Home313Chapter 167: Śabarī Feeds and Delights Rāma314Chapter 168: Love Alone Binds Rāma315Chapter 169: The Sages' Offense against Śabarī316Chapter 170: Agastya Reveals Rāma's Supreme Nature317Chapter 171: Rāma Sends the Sages to Śabarī318Chapter 172: Śabarī Restores the Hermitage319Chapter 173: Sugrīva Sends Hanumān to the Brothers320Chapter 174: Hanumān Meets Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa321Chapter 175: Rāma Explains the Nature of Friendship322Chapter 176: Hanumān Carries Rāma's Friendship to Sugrīva323Chapter 177: Sugrīva Welcomes Rāma at Ṛṣyamūka324Chapter 178: Rāma Laments over Sītā's Ornaments325Chapter 179: Lakṣmaṇa and the Monkey Chiefs Console Rāma326Chapter 180: Sugrīva Proposes a Test of Rāma's Strength327Chapter 181: Rāma Pierces the Seven Palms and Casts Away Dundubhi328Chapter 182: Sugrīva Praises Rāma and Renounces the Test329Chapter 183: Sugrīva Leads Rāma to Kiṣkindhā330Chapter 184: Sugrīva Is Defeated in the First Battle331Chapter 185: Rāma Reassures Sugrīva and Marks Him with a Garland332Chapter 186: Vālin Rejects Tārā's Warning and Goes to Battle333Chapter 187: Tārā's Final Appeal and Rāma's Arrow334Chapter 188: Vālin Questions Rāma and Attains Liberation335Chapter 189: Sugrīva's Coronation and Rāma's Counsel to Tārā336Chapter 190: Mālyavat Mountain and the Monsoon as Love's Army337Chapter 191: Rāma Describes the Rains and Faints in Separation338Chapter 192: Lakṣmaṇa Consoles Rāma, Who Recounts His Sorrows339Chapter 193: Lakṣmaṇa Restores Rāma's Courage and Autumn Arrives340Chapter 194: Rāma Sends Lakṣmaṇa to Summon Sugrīva341Chapter 195: Lakṣmaṇa Enters Sugrīva's Assembly342Chapter 196: Sugrīva Receives Lakṣmaṇa in the Inner Apartments343Chapter 197: Sugrīva and the Monkey Host Rejoin Rāma344Chapter 198: The Vast Monkey Army Assembles345Chapter 199: The Search for Sītā and the Ocean Before Hanumān346Chapter 200: Hanumān Reaches Laṅkā347Chapter 201: Hanumān Beholds Sītā348Chapter 202: Hanumān Reassures Sītā349Chapter 203: Hanumān Devastates Rāvaṇa's Garden350Chapter 204: Hanumān Burns Laṅkā351Chapter 205: The Army Reaches the Ocean and Vibhīṣaṇa Takes Refuge352Chapter 206: Rāma Appeals to the Ocean353Chapter 207: Rāma's Arrow Burns the Ocean354Chapter 208: The Ocean Reveals the Bridge355Chapter 209: The Bridge Builders Gather the Mountains356Chapter 210: The Glory of Rāma's Name357Chapter 211: The Building of the Bridge358Chapter 212: The Army Takes Position at Laṅkā359Chapter 213: Rāma Releases Śuka and Sāraṇa360Chapter 214: Rāma Cuts Down Rāvaṇa's Parasol361Chapter 215: Rāvaṇa Reassures Mandodarī362Chapter 216: Aṅgada Enters Rāvaṇa's Assembly363Chapter 217: The Rākṣasī Women Try to Persuade Sītā364Chapter 218: The Monkey–Rākṣasa Battle Begins365Chapter 219: Battle Between the Monkey and Rākṣasa Armies366Chapter 220: Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa Battle Indrajit367Chapter 221: Indrajit Binds the Army with Nāgapāśa368Chapter 222: Garuḍa Releases the Serpent-Nooses369Chapter 223: Ekādaśī, Rāma's Generosity, and Dhūmrākṣa's Arrival370Chapter 224: Hanumān Slays Dhūmrākṣa and Cakra371Chapter 225: Rāvaṇa Is Driven from the Battlefield372Chapter 226: Rāvaṇa Orders Kumbhakarṇa Awakened373Chapter 227: Kumbhakarṇa Is Awakened374Chapter 228: Kumbhakarṇa Devours the Feast375Chapter 229: Kumbhakarṇa Counsels Rāvaṇa376Chapter 230: Kumbhakarṇa Is Sent to Battle377Chapter 231: Kumbhakarṇa's Onslaught378Chapter 232: The Death of Kumbhakarṇa379Chapter 233: Rāvaṇa Laments Kumbhakarṇa380Chapter 234: Indrajit Prepares for Battle381Chapter 235: Indrajit Defeats the Monkey Army382Chapter 236: Rāma Appoints Lakṣmaṇa to Defeat Indrajit383Chapter 237: Lakṣmaṇa Slays Indrajit384Chapter 238: Rāvaṇa and Laṅkā Mourn Indrajit385Chapter 239: Sulochanā Receives Indrajit's Head386Chapter 240: Hanumān Brings Mount Droṇa387Chapter 241: Rāma Slays Rāvaṇa388Chapter 242: Vibhīṣaṇa's Coronation and Sītā's Reunion389Chapter 243: Trijaṭā's Boon and Bharata's Reunion with Rāma390Chapter 244: Rāma's Return to Ayodhyā and Coronation391Chapter 245: Rāma's Return to the Eternal Pramodā Forest

Paścima-khaṇḍa · पश्चिमखण्ड · Global chapters 392461

392Chapter 1: Bharata Asks Lakṣmaṇa about Rāma's Grace393Chapter 2: Lakṣmaṇa Becomes Spring in the Rāsa Līlā394Chapter 3: Knowledge, Devotion, and the Eternal Rāma-loka395Chapter 4: The Gatekeepers' Curse and Nandī's Prophecy396Chapter 5: Lakṣmī's Birth as Ānandinī and the Gopīs397Chapter 6: Sītā's Manifestation in Janaka's Sacrificial Field398Chapter 7: The Nine Rivers and Triyugā's Austerity for Rāma399Chapter 8: Viṣṇu Grants Triyugā Companionship with Sahajā400Chapter 9: Kamaleśvarī's Former Lives and the Fifteen-Day Vow401Chapter 10: Gaṇḍakī, Līlāvatī, and the Śālagrāma River402Chapter 11: Aghavārā, the River That Wards Off Sin403Chapter 12: Dyumnā, Sahajā's Curse, and the River's Return404Chapter 13: Ghoṣavatī, Viṣṇu's Journey to Vraja, and Brahmā's Curse405Chapter 14: Śrīkalā's Austerity and Birth as Vanaghoṣā406Chapter 15: Svayaṃ Lakṣmī on Knowledge, Devotion, and Sahajānandinī407Chapter 16: Kauśikī's Birth, Austerity, and River Form408Chapter 17: Sītā's Birth Festival and Brahmā's Hymn409Chapter 18: Nārāyaṇa's Hymn at Sītā's Birth Festival410Chapter 19: Śiva's Hymn to Sahajā411Chapter 20: Indra's Hymn and Sītā's Consecration412Chapter 21: Agni's Hymn to Sahajā and Rāma413Chapter 22: Yama's Hymn and the Hunter Rescued by Rāma's Messengers414Chapter 23: Nirṛti's Hymn to Sītā's Names and Eternal Play415Chapter 24: Varuṇa's Hymn to Sītā as the All-Pervading Ground416Chapter 25: The Forty-Nine Winds Praise the Divine Couple417Chapter 26: Kubera Offers His Treasures for Sītā's Festival418Chapter 27: Janaka Celebrates Sītā's Birth419Chapter 28: Sītā's Twofold Manifestation420Chapter 29: Śuka Reveals the Complete Eternal Form421Chapter 30: The Sacred Geography of Pramoda Forest422Chapter 31: Sanatkumāra Proclaims the Name of Rāma423Chapter 32: Meditation on Rāma's Supreme Form424Chapter 33: The Supremacy of Rāma's Pramoda Forest425Chapter 34: Rāma's Manifestations and the Practice of His Name426Chapter 35: The Manifestation of the Sarayū427Chapter 36: The Thousand Names of the Sarayū428Chapter 37: The Sarayū's Descent to Ayodhyā429Chapter 38: The Sacred Powers Enter the Sarayū430Chapter 39: Sarayū Teaches Rāma-Prema Beyond Brahmānanda431Chapter 40: Vaivasvata Manu, Bhairava, and the Order of Creation432Chapter 41: Śiva Teaches Manu the Faults of Worldly Attachment433Chapter 42: Manu Renounces Creation434Chapter 43: Rāma Teaches the Stilling of Mental Modifications435Chapter 44: Discrimination of the Self436Chapter 45: The Yoga of Knowledge437Chapter 46: Rāma's Teaching on Bhakti-Yoga438Chapter 47: The Manifestation of Ayodhyā and the Descent of Sarayū439Chapter 48: Sarayū's Birth and Her Love for Rāma440Chapter 49: Sarayū's Gandharva Marriage with Rāma441Chapter 50: Kaśyapa and Aditi Become Daśaratha and Kausalyā442Chapter 51: Jānakī as the Supreme Conscious Power443Chapter 52: The Eternal Great Abode444Chapter 53: Pramodavana and Rāma's Eternal Household445Chapter 54: Māṅgalyā, Sukhita, and the Companion Subhagā446Chapter 55: Sahajā's Birth in the Cowherd House447Chapter 56: The Festival of Sahajā's Birth448Chapter 57: The Fruit of Hearing Sahajā's Birth449Chapter 58: The Cause of Sahajā's Loving Displeasure450Chapter 59: Sahajā and Rāma's Childhood Love at Mañjuvaṭa451Chapter 60: Rāma Enters Sahajā's Circle as Kṛṣṇā452Chapter 61: Rājinī's Dilemma over Sahajā's Betrothal453Chapter 62: Śiva Reveals Sahajā's Eternal Identity454Chapter 63: Śiva Teaches Meditation on Sahajā and Pramodavana455Chapter 64: Sahajā Rescues the Sages at the Great Dissolution456Chapter 65: Sahajā as Time, Cosmos, and the Inner Lotus Centers457Chapter 66: Śiva's Teaching to Rājinī and Rāma's Rāsa at Laṅkā458Chapter 67: Sahajā and Rāma's Play through the Six Seasons459Chapter 68: Janaka Asks How Parental Love Can Arise460Chapter 69: Janaka Beholds Sahajā's Cosmic Form461Chapter 70: Sahajā's Childhood, Liberation, and Svayaṃvara

Uttara-khaṇḍa · उत्तरखण्ड · Global chapters 462514

462Chapter 1: The Gods Ask Rāma to Return to His Abode463Chapter 2: Time Beholds Rāma as the Death of Time464Chapter 3: Time Delivers Brahmā's Request465Chapter 4: Brahmā Sends Time Back to Seek Forgiveness466Chapter 5: Time Searches for Rāma and Seeks Forgiveness467Chapter 6: Rāma Empowers Time and Durvāsā Arrives468Chapter 7: Lakṣmaṇa Beholds Rāma and Time in Cosmic Form469Chapter 8: Durvāsā Asks for the Knowledge That Crosses Saṃsāra470Chapter 9: Rāma Teaches Sacrifice as His Own Form471Chapter 10: The Veda as the Body of the Supreme Person472Chapter 11: Supreme Devotion and the Grace of Rasika Vaiṣṇavas473Chapter 12: The Devotee's Daily Discipline474Chapter 13: The Devotional Name, Guru, and Mantra475Chapter 14: The Two-Syllable Name “Rāma”476Chapter 15: Daily Worship and the Devotional Year477Chapter 16: Mental Worship Crowned by Love478Chapter 17: The Divine Birth Festivals and Complete Surrender479Chapter 18: Kuṇḍalinī Yoga and the Supremacy of Bhakti-Yoga480Chapter 19: The Twenty-Eight Principles and the Four Vyūhas481Chapter 20: From the Five Elements to the Guṇa-Transcending State482Chapter 21: Devotional Siddhānta, Service, and the Sacred Names483Chapter 22: Pilgrimage, Household Devotion, and the Limits of Karma484Chapter 23: Rāma as Supreme Brahman, Cause, Cosmos, and Rasa485Chapter 24: The Vision of Rāma's Cosmic and Rasa Forms486Chapter 25: Ātreya's Praise and the Completion of the Rāma Gītā487Chapter 26: The Hidden Līlā, Sacred Places, and Ātreya's Future Service488Chapter 27: Ātreya's Departure and His Four-Verse Song489Chapter 28: The Veda-Sages' Companion Forms and Services490Chapter 29: Lakṣmaṇa Asks for Judgment and Rāma Reveals Kāla's Service491Chapter 30: Rāma Consoles Lakṣmaṇa and Explains Their Eternal Unity492Chapter 31: Lakṣmaṇa Chooses Līlā-Service Over Every Separate Bliss493Chapter 32: Rāma Reveals the Eternity of Līlā and Lakṣmaṇa's Cosmic Form494Chapter 33: Rāma Explains Manifest Līlā, Spiritual Practice, and Blazing Bhakti495Chapter 34: Rāma Reveals Eternal Pramodavana and the Way into Nitya-Līlā496Chapter 35: Lakṣmaṇa's Fear of Separation Ends497Chapter 36: Ayodhyā's People Proclaim Rāma the Full Puruṣottama498Chapter 37: Ayodhyā's People Recognize Rāma as the Source of All Avatāras499Chapter 38: Ayodhyā's People Recognize Rāma and Choose Devotion500Chapter 39: Ayodhyā's Citizens Take Refuge in Rāma501Chapter 40: The People Recall Rāma's Pramoda Forest Pastimes502Chapter 41: Rāma Declares Ayodhyā's Liberation and Garuḍa Confronts Yama503Chapter 42: Yama Questions Garuḍa, Who Describes Ayodhyā504Chapter 43: Garuḍa Explains Why Duṣprīti Must Be Released505Chapter 44: Yama Releases Duṣprīti and Accepts Ayodhyā's Protection506Chapter 45: Rāma Teaches the Calendar of Seasonal Worship507Chapter 46: Rāma Explains His Withdrawal and Eternal Abode508Chapter 47: Rāma Remembers Pramoda Forest and Promises His Return509Chapter 48: The Outcaste Ṛjīṣa Calls upon Rāma510Chapter 49: Rāma Reveals Ṛjīṣa's Past and Grants Liberation511Chapter 50: The Fullness of Rāma's Reign512Chapter 51: Lakṣmaṇa Beholds the Eternal Twofold Ayodhyā513Chapter 52: Rāma Leads Ayodhyā into the Eternal Pramoda Forest514Chapter 53: The Greatness and Completion of the Ādi Rāmāyaṇa