The Rāmāyana, Volume 4. Uttara Kānda

"Having vanquished Yama, the foremost of celestials, Rāvana delighting in warfare, saw his adherents. And seeing Rāvana, with his person bathed in blood, bettered by the weapon...

Being thus requested by the high-souled Lakshmana, Sumantra began to reveal the mystery of Durbāsā’s account "In the days of yore the great ascetic Durbāsā, the son of Atri, res...

Kakutstha, knowing himself, being thus duly installed, the first night, enhancing the delight of the citizens, was spent. At dawn, the prisoners, to wake up the king, arrived at...

"Yayāti, the son of Nahusha, was greatly distressed on hearing of the ire of the preceptor Sukra. Thereupon meeting with the infirmities of age by the imprecation of the saint h...

Hearing those sorrowful words of the Brahman, Rāma was greatly sorry and sent for Vasishtha, Bāmadeva, his brothers, citizens and councillors. Thereupon having entered the apart...

"Rāvana again said—’Who goeth there effulgent like unto the sun?’ Hearing the words of Rāvana, Parvata said—’The person, resembling the full moon and wearing diverse ornaments a...

Having heard of the story of the king Ila from Rāma, Lakshmana and Bharata were greatly surprised. And with folded hands they, requesting the noble king Rāma for further particu...

Hearing the whole history, Rāma, the descendant of Raghu, said to Agastya "O Reverend Sir, Riksharaja is the name of the father of Vāli and Sugriva but thou hast not told me the...

Having sent away his friends and determined what to do, Rāma, the delight of the Rāghus, commanded the warder, who was seated hard by, saying:—"Do thou speedily bring here, Laks...

Thereupon when the night set in Satrughna accosted Vrigu’s son Chābanya saying, "O Brahman, how powerful is Lavana? And what is the strength of his dart? What persons before had...

Next morning Rāma, being present in the sacrificial ground and having sent for the Rishis, Vasishtha, Vamadeva Javali, Kashyapa, Viswamitra, carrying on penances for a long time...

As Rāma and Lakshmana were (daily) engaged in conversing thus, the vernal night, neither hot nor cold, came on. And it came to pass that one bright morning, after having perform...

"After a while the Rākshasa named Sumāli, coming up from the nether regions, began to range all over the earth. And resembling dark clouds, that lord of Rākshasas decked in ear-...

Having related this story unto Rāma the great saint Agastya again said:—"O Kākutstha, having subdued his passions, the king Danda, reigned undisturbed in this wise for many long...

"O Rāma, having vanquished his brother, the lord of riches, the king of Rākshasas went to the great wood of reeds, where Mahāsena was born. And the Ten-necked one saw the great...

"And hearing of the activity of the celestials, the night-ranger—Malyavān—addressed his heroic brothers, saying,—’The immortals and sages, going to Sankara, spake these words, d...

"The highly powerful Mahendra being thus defeated by Rāvana’s son, all the celestials, taking the patriarch Brahmā before them, went to Lankā. Having obtained Rāvana encircled b...

Thereupon the great saint said:—"Hear, O king, O thou gifted with great energy, for what I have come here. O thou of great strength, the great Patriarch has sent me to thee. O h...

"The lord of Rākshasas was installed along with his brothers. And then he thought of the giving away in marriage of his Rākshasi sister. Then that Rākshasa bestowed his sister,...

"While thus returning the vicious-souled Rāvana, with delight, carried away stealthily, on his way, the daughters of the royal saints, celestials and Dānavas. And whatever beaut...

"And Pulastya’s son—that prime of ascetics—Viçravā—in a short time was engaged in asceticism like his father. And he was truthful, and of excellent character and controlled sens...

"As the lord of Rākshasas was ranging the earth frightening everyone, Nārada—foremost of ascetics, came to that wood mounted on a cloud. And thereupon saluting him, the night-ra...

"Thereupon Pulastya heard from the celestials of the capture of Rāvana like unto the holding of the wind.⁹⁵ And having been moved by the love for his son, the highly effulgent,...

"Having crossed the mount Kailāça, the highly powerful Ten-necked demon, with his army, reached the region of Indra. And there arose in the region of celestials an uproar from t...

This book was transcribed from two scans of the original found at the Internet Archive. Words in italics in this etext were italicized in the original book. I have corrected obv...