66697602-The-Ramayana-R-K-Narayan

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simsupa—a tree vanji—a rare flowering creeper, which blooms once in twelve years veena—a stringed musical instrument yagna—a sacrifice yaksha—a demigod yojana—a measure of distance, usually of about 5 miles
1 <strong>The</strong> story of its composition is told in “Valmiki” in the author’s Gods, Demons, and Others. 2 I have given an idea of an original Tamil epic in Gods, Demons, and Others, in the chapter entitled “<strong>The</strong> Mispaired Anklet.” 3 See “Viswamitra” in Gods, Demons, and Others. 4 Lust, anger, miserliness, egoism, envy. 5 See “Manmata” in Gods, Demons, and Others. 6 Manmatha, the god of love. 7 Another name for Sita. 8 A subtle compliment to Sita’s figure; a slender waist being an aesthetic point stressed often and in various ways by classical poets. 9
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Table of Contents About the Author
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THE RAMAYANA R. K. NARAYAN was born
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN P
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Introduction In the summer of 1988
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to the Indian freedom movement agai
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superiority by stringing an enormou
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after this, she passes away, and a
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their particular social group. The
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choice of words—“impelled,”
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present in this retelling of The Ra
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4 P. S. Sundaram, trans., N. S. Jag
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The Grandmother’s Tale and Select
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To the memory of my uncle T. N. Ses
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Introduction The Indian epic, the R
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The following pages are based on a
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List of Characters (If not otherwis
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SUBAHU (soo ba’ hoo) and MAREECHA
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kinds of smoke rise in the air, fro
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arrange for the performance of a ya
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want any help from me?” They alwa
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fatigue, and even decrepitude. The
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agitated? I came here for a purpose
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Following the footsteps of their ma
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orn to them—Mareecha and Subahu
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earned the gratitude of humanity. T
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When a poor man like me has a glimp
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Concluding the story, Viswamithra a
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now, has a divine association. Moth
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the saint, assuming that he had sto
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all mankind, as the Ganges bears a
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came back at this moment, having in
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and take her back, her heart is pur
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of swaying back and forth, their ne
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from the sea, but none of it comfor
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ceremony at Janaka’s palace. At t
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it. It was so huge that no one coul
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the coolest bed they could find her
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the King’s proclamation to every
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creature on the ground; others held
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with his ministers and officials an
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3 TWO PROMISES REVIVED In his busy
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must have trembled without my knowi
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can be no place in a king’s heart
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fact, I do not doubt that he will b
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Tomorrow he is crowning Rama as the
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“Do you know how people can chang
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wearing torn off, her jewellery sca
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The king remained silent a moment,
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The night continued in this kind of
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to the assembly?” The King stirre
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her son. She had been expecting him
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Kausalya in a state of complete des
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muster in his tone. “Everything i
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my death so that she may place Bhar
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and hearing his stentorian challeng
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vanquished an innocent brother who
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decreed by Kaikeyi. Many wept at th
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there for the night. The citizens w
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messengers murmured a polite answer
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e back? What made him go? Did he go
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lackest sins for which people were
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Bharatha opened the subject. “I h
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4 ENCOUNTERS IN EXILE After Bharath
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They reached Panchvati, set in sylv
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alone, unescorted?” She answered,
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you wear the robes of ascetics, and
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emarked, “Ah, how true! No one ca
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unite with me, and quench the fire
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We met last evening and you were so
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come to be here with his wife and b
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hacked me thus.” Kara looked clos
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5 THE GRAND TORMENTOR Ravana, the s
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“Ah,” cried Ravana, challenged.
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“What wretched season are you?”
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know day had come. Even the rooster
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at Sidhasrama, to avenge his mother
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seeking your own destruction and th
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Seizing the idea from Mareecha’s
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Sita became insistent and said sull
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Sita had no ear for any explanation
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obeying her command and pleasing he
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when he has to meet the mighty Rava
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and uttered reckless pleasantries.
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The perfect man takes a false step,
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clothed in ascetics’ robes? But t
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Every day Vali visited all the eigh
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Vali seized Sugreeva and tried to s
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things in seven; and then it return
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Then Sugreeva and Hanuman spoke enc
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And now Tara quietly mentioned, “
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clashed. Then they separated, dodge
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exercised all his remaining strengt
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Rama softly came out of his hiding,
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egotten by the chief of gods. You p
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“Another thing. If your brothers,
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Sugreeva was crowned with elaborate
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can do for me.” When Sugreeva sti
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pleased that she is no longer here?
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exceeded the four months’ limit?
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whispered, “Listen to me, please.
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his stepmother Kausalya. Uncontroll
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again.” After this resolution, he
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of all that he had seen and heard d
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Learned men have compared them to t
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Their problems were answered presen
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creature approaching them. Unidenti
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your own powers. This delusion will
Page 220 and 221: While he sat there on the roof unob
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Page 224 and 225: Whereupon his commander-in-chief sa
Page 226 and 227: Ravana said, “My boy, you have sp
Page 228 and 229: “You began with agreeable sentenc
Page 230 and 231: destroyed by fire, I know. You have
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Page 236 and 237: 11 THE SIEGE OF LANKA 11 Ravana dep
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Page 240 and 241: and told, “My lord, the battle is
Page 242 and 243: and Lakshmana, you know you can, an
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Page 246 and 247: Lakshmana. Whereupon Mahodara order
Page 248 and 249: which met arrow for arrow. Ultimate
Page 250 and 251: and its leaders—Kumbakarna and In
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Page 254 and 255: went on shooting his arrows. There
Page 256 and 257: when he paraded his strength around
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Page 260 and 261: Now Brahma, the Creator, came forwa
Page 262 and 263: lifted from Rama’s mind, and he f
Page 264 and 265: moment, Hanuman arrived in the form
Page 266 and 267: Hanuman, when he was young, as we s
Page 268 and 269: with lights and music. I am omittin
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