The Ramayana - Valmiki
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Classical
Epic
Hinduism
India
Literature
Religion
Sanskrit
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Read by Sagar Arya
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The ancient Indian Sanskrit epic the Rāmāyana was composed some time between the first and fifth centuries BCE. As is the case with most ancient literature firmly rooted in the oral tradition, precise dating is problematic. Traditionally attributed to the sage Valmīki, and composed in rhyming couplets, it is one of the two great Indian epics (the other being the Mahābhārata); consequently it is known and revered not just throughout the Indian subcontinent but also in South-East Asian countries as well, including Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia - indeed wherever Hindu culture became established.
It relates the tale of a Prince of Ayodhya, Rāma, and recounts the various episodes of his exile and subsequent return. The narrative follows Rāma’s quest and rescue mission, bringing home his beloved Sita from the clutches of the demon king of Lanka, Ravana, aided by an army of monkeys. While the basic story involves palace politics and battles with demon tribes, it is also infused with ethics, philosophy, logic and notes on duty.
In the Mahābhārata, characters are presented with all their human follies and failings; the Rāmāyana by contrast leans towards an ideal state of things. For instance, Rāma is the ideal son and king, Sita the ideal wife, Hanuman the ideal devotee, Lakshman and Bhārat the ideal brothers, and even Ravana, the demon villain, is not entirely despicable. This translation, by Ralph T. H. Griffith, first published in 1870, was the first complete English version and has retained its initial reputation as an outstanding achievement - as much for its literary as its scholastic qualities.
There are six Books or Khandas (a seventh which is sometimes included is generally regarded as a much later addition) containing some 24,000 verses which, as with the original, are presented in rhyming couplets. This makes the Rāmāyana of a similar length to the Iliad and Odyssey combined, and there are a handful of occasions when, to avoid repetition, Griffith inserts a prose précis.
Curiously he declined to translate The Glory of Uma followed by The Birth of Kartikeya in Book 1 on the grounds that it might offend the sensibility of his contemporaries! As one commentator remarked, Griffith was sometimes reluctant to ‘show much leg.’ In this case, the ‘offending’ verses have been newly translated for this Ukemi recording by Anwesha Arya, and delightful they are too!
The Rāmāyana and its stories have been part of the cultural life and language of the reader, Sagar Arya, since childhood; thus this recording was especially important to him, and he infuses it with a special understanding and authority.
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This post has 9 comments with rating of 5/5
May 24th, 2020
Thank you very much for sharing this great book!
May 24th, 2020
thanks
May 24th, 2020
Thanks a lot,
Unfortunately I have troubles downloading the book. The download is only a few Kb per seconds and there’s nothing wrong with my connection
May 25th, 2020
One of the two great Indian epics - Entertaining on their own, layers of metaphors to peel throughout.
Both the Avatars of Vishnu, Ram and Krishna represent the ideal man of their respective epochs, and how that ideal changes in the epoch to carry forward the ideal of Dharma(duty). Ram in a more innocent age is the perfect ethical man, whereas Krishna can use deceit and trickery to reach his goals. On a sociological level, Ramayana presents a great commentary on the validity of ethics of the perfect man. Does the Ruler of a kingdom follow the moral codes and democratic referendums? or does the perfect man who’s higher than the herd does what he knows is right? This is the dilemma faced by Ram when he has to let his beloved wife go through the shameful process of proving her “purity” after he rescues her from her kidnapping, according to counsel and the people, whereas as King he could have rejected this demand and acted in a more Krishna like Dharma, but since it was the more innocent age, he relented to the trial, leading to tragic consequences personally, despite being the best king!
May 25th, 2020
Thanks once more, Abee - invaluable (& also to Kabirchugh, for the insight & exploration)
June 23rd, 2020
Thanks a lot for this Abee. Ramayana, my favourite!
August 2nd, 2022
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