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You will love this book if you enjoy heroic quests, stories inside stories, gods and demons, and plain questions about loyalty and duty.
Che cos’è questo libro
What would you do if a promise made in love cost you everything? Rama, the eldest prince of Ayodhya, faces that question on the morning he expects to be crowned. Instead of a throne he is given fourteen years in the forest, and he accepts the sentence without a word of anger.
The Ramayan is an ancient Indian epic poem, credited to the sage and poet Valmiki. It tells of Rama, a prince who is also the god Vishnu born as a man, of his wife Sita, and of Ravan, the ten-headed king of Lanka who carries Sita away. Here you get the sweep of the story, with a scene and a takeaway in each part.
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- 1A poet's grief gives the epic its verseFree
- 2A childless king and a hermit boy bring four princes
- 3A young prince earns his weapons by service
- 4Rama bends Shiva's bow and wins Sita
- 5Kaikeyi's two boons take the crown away
- 6A forest idyll ends in a golden deer
- 7The search ends with a leap over the sea
- 8Keeping a word matters more than comfort
- 9Loyalty and courage come from many hearts
- 10Stories inside stories give the poem its voice
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A poet's grief gives the epic its verse
The poem opens with a question. The sage Valmiki asks the wandering seer Narad who in the world is virtuous, brave, truthful and kind. Narad answers with one name, Rama of the house of Ikshvaku.
Then comes the story of how the poem itself is born. Valmiki is walking near a river when he watches a fowler shoot one of a pair of curlews. The mate cries out in anguish, and the poet feels such pity that words burst from him in an even, measured rhythm. He names it a sloka, a word that echoes the Sanskrit for sorrow.
The god Brahma tells Valmiki to use that rhythm to tell the whole life of Rama. Valmiki teaches the poem to the twins Kusa and Lava, who sing it to hermits, to cities, and at last before Rama himself.
Pity for a wounded bird gives the poet his voice, and compassion stays the pulse of the epic.
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Questions about Il Rāmāyaṇa di Vālmīki, tradotto in versi inglesi
What is the Ramayan about?
It tells how Prince Rama is exiled from Ayodhya, how his wife Sita is stolen by the demon king Ravan, and how Rama, his brother and an army of monkeys set out to find her.
Who wrote the Ramayan and when?
Tradition credits the sage Valmiki, who is said to have composed it in a new verse form called the sloka. It is very old, and the exact date is not known.
Who is Hanuman in the Ramayan?
Hanuman is a monkey minister of Sugriva and a son of the Wind-God. He joins Rama, leaps across the sea to Lanka, finds Sita and carries messages between her and Rama.
Why is Rama sent into exile?
Queen Kaikeyi claims two boons once promised by King Dasharatha. She asks that her son Bharat be crowned and Rama live in the forest for fourteen years, and the king must keep his word.
What is the main message of the Ramayan?
The poem praises loyalty, truthfulness and duty, and shows what they cost. It follows people who keep promises, serve others and stand by those they love, even through loss.
Cite this edition
Valmiki. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, Translated into English Verse. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-ramayan-of-valmiki-translated-into-english-verse.
Valmiki. (2026). The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-ramayan-of-valmiki-translated-into-english-verse
Valmiki. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, Translated into English Verse. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-ramayan-of-valmiki-translated-into-english-verse.
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