![]() ![]() Galling penury and famine in Ayodhya had no hold, Peaceful lived the righteous people, rich in wealth in merit high,Įnvy dwelt not in their bosoms and their accents shaped no lie,įathers with their happy households owned their cattle, corn, and gold, Rose in proud and peerless beauty on Sarayu's limpid wave! People's Love and Monarch's Duty every thought and deed impelled,Īnd his town like INDRA'S city,-tower and dome and turret brave. Truth and Justice swayed each action and each baser motive quelled ![]() Like the ancient monarch Manu, father of the human race,ĭasa-ratha ruled his people with a father's loving grace, Great as INDRA in his prowess, bounteous as KUVERA kind,ĭauntless deeds subdued his foemen, lofty faith subdued his mind! Royal rishi in his duty, saintly rishi in his grace, Loved of men in fair Ayodhya, sprung of ancient Solar Race, Rich in royal worth and valour, rich in holy Vedic lore,ĭasa-ratha ruled his empire in the happy days of yore, to Ixix., Section lxxiii., and Section lxxvii. The portions translated in this Book form Section vi., Sectionsġxvii. The story of Rama's winning his bride, and of the marriage of his three brothers with the sister and cousins of Sita, forms the subject of this Book. Janak ordained a severe test for the hand of his daughter, and many a prince and warrior came and went away disappointed. And Janak king of the Videhas had a daughter named Sita, who was miraculously born of a field furrow, and who is the heroine of the Epic. The names Kosala and Videha in the singular number indicate the kingdoms,-Oudh and North Behar,-and in the plural number they mean the ancient races which inhabited those two countries.Īccording to the Epic, Dasa-ratha king of the Kosalas had four sons, the eldest of whom was Rama the hero of the poem. THE Epic relates to the ancient traditions of two powerful races, the Kosalas and the Videhas, who lived in Northern India between the twelfth and tenth centuries before Christ. Dutt (1899) EPIC OF RAMA, PRINCE OF INDIA BOOK I SITA-SWAYAWARA RAMAYANA CONDENSED INTO ENGLISH VERSE By Romesh C. The Ramayana and Mahabharata, by Romesh C. ![]() Sacred Texts Hinduism Index Previous Next The Ramayana and Mahabharata: Book I: The Bridal of Sita ![]()
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