Śrīmad Vālmīki Rāmāyana (English Translation)
As part of our online Satsang (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551067569493) we are reading the Gita Press English Translation, these episodes are recordings from those Satsangs. We were listening to another podcast reading this version that stopped at Aranyakānda Canto 40, thus we start with Canto 41 . After finishing the Yuddhakānda we started from the beginning of the Bālakānda.
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Bālakānda - Canto 73
Janaka escorts Daśaratha and his four sons clad in nuptial attire to the pavilion erected for the wedding. Placing Viśwāmitra and Śatānanda ahead, Vasistha conducts the marriage ceremony. Śrī Rāma an…
Bālakānda - Canto 72
Vasistha and Viśwāmitra jointly ask for the hand of the two daughters of Kuśadhwaja in favour of Bharata and Śatrughna and Janaka acquiesces in the proposal. Thereupon Daśaratha gets his sons to perf…
Bālakānda - Canto 71
Recounting his own pedigree, Janaka offers the hand of his two daughters, Sītā and Ūrmilā, to Śrī Rāma and Laksmana, respectively.
Bālakānda - Canto 70
Janaka sends for his younger brother, Kuśadhwaja, from Sānkāśyā. Invited by him, Daśaratha meets Janaka at the latterís palace, where at the instance of Daśaratha, Vasistha glorifies the race of Iksw…
Bālakānda - Canto 69
With a large number of followers, Daśaratha proceeds to Mithilā for the wedding and is received with signal honour by Janaka and his people and comfortably lodged.
Bālakānda - Canto 68
Reaching Ayodhyā, the counsellors of Janaka tell Daśaratha how Śrī Rāma broke the bow of Lord Śiva in Janaka’s custody and won the hand of his daughter, and convey to him their masterís invitation fo…
Bālakānda - Canto 67
Urged by Viśwāmitra, Śrī Rāma bends the bow, sent by Janaka to the sacrificial hall, in order to string it and in the process breaks it, whereupon Janaka with the concurrence of Viśwāmitra sends his …
Bālakānda - Canto 66
On Viśwāmitra apprising Janaka of the eagerness of Śrī Rāma and Laksmana to see his famous bow, Janaka reveals to him its glory and tells him how he got it as well as Sītā and also of his pledge to g…
Bālakānda - Canto 65
On Viśwāmitra not ceasing from his austerities even on his being conferred the title of a Brahmarsi by Brahmā, Vasistha, as urged by gods, recognizes it and here ends the narration of Śatānanda. Havi…
Bālakānda - Canto 64
Petrifying by means of a curse Rambhā, the celestial nymph sent by Indra to wean him from his austerities, Viśwāmitra resolves upon a further course of austerities.
Bālakānda - Canto 63
Brahmā pays a visit to Viśwāmitra at Puskara and rewards him with the status of a Rsi (seer). There he feels enamoured of Menakā, a celestial nymph deputed by Indra, and enjoys life with her for ten …
Bālakānda - Canto 62
On reaching Puskara, while Ambarīsa is taking rest, Śunahśepa approaches Viśwāmitra, who was practising austerities there, and inquires of him a means of escaping death without meeting with the king’…
Bālakānda - Canto 61
The animal to be sacrificed at the sacrificial performance of King Ambarīsa having been stolen away by Indra appearing in disguise, the arch-priest enjoined the king to secure a human beast as a subs…
Bālakānda - Canto 60
At the instance of Viśwāmitra the sages assembled at his hermitage commence a sacrifice; on the gods failing to appear at the sacrifice to accept the offerings, Viśwāmitra sends Trisańku bodily to he…
Bālakānda - Canto 59
Viśwāmitra assures Trisańku of his help, sends word to a number of sages, inviting them to conduct a sacrifice for Trisańku, and pronounces a curse on those who decline to come.
Bālakānda - Canto 58
Having been repulsed by Vasistha’s sons as well, Trisańku gets ready to seek another priest, whereupon he is degraded by the curse of Vasistha’s sons to the position of a Cāndāla and approaches Viśwā…
Bālakānda - Canto 57
Viśwāmitra embarks on a severe course of austerities with a view to attaining Brahmanhood. In the meantime, King Trisańku of Ayodhyā requests Vasistha to conduct for him a sacrifice which may enable …
Bālakānda - Canto 56
With his Brahmanical staff alone Vasistha renders ineffectual all the mystic missiles discharged by Viśwāmitra, whereupon the latter condemns military strength and makes up his mind to practise auste…
Bālakānda - Canto 55
His entire army having been exterminated by the warriors produced by Śabalā and his hundred sons reduced to ashes by the very roar of Vasistha even as they assailed him, Viśwāmitra retires to the Him…
Bālakānda - Canto 54
On Viśwāmitra attempting to take her away by force, Śabalā seeks to know Vasistha’s mind, and at his instance produces a multitude of warriors that disperse Viśwāmitra’s army.