सर्गः १ — In which sages hail Rāma for slaying Rāvaṇa and his host, marvel above all at fallen Indrajit, and Rāma asks how Indra was conquered.
सर्गः २ — In which Pulastya curses sporting maidens with pregnancy, weds Tr̥ṇabindu daughter, and fathers Viśravas, forefather of Rāvaṇa line.
सर्गः ३ — In which Viśravas son Vaiśravaṇa gains riches lordship and Puṣpaka through penance and settles forsaken Laṅkā at father bidding.
सर्गः ४ — In which Brahmā word spawns Rākṣasas and Yakṣas, Hēti line bears forsaken Sukēśa, and Śiva grants him ageless life and sky city with Umā speeding births.
सर्गः ५ — In which Sukēśa three sons gain Brahmā boons, settle golden Laṅkā built by Viśvakarman, and wed the three Narmadā maidens.
सर्गः ६ — In which gods seek refuge from Mālyavān horde, Viṣṇu vows their slaughter, and the Rākṣasa army marches heavenward through bleeding skies.
सर्गः ७ — In which Viṣṇu breaks the night-roamer host with arrows and conch, fells Mālin with the sunlike discus, and drives the remnant fleeing to Laṅkā.
सर्गः ८ — In which Mālyavān braves Viṣṇu spear to spear, Garuḍa wing sweeps him off, and the broken host forsakes Laṅkā for Pātāla before Nārāyaṇa-born Rāma.
सर्गः ९ — In which Sumālin weds Kaikasī to Viśravas at a dread hour, she bears ten-headed Rāvaṇa with giant and righteous brothers, and jealousy drives him to penance.
सर्गः १० — In which Rāvaṇa buys immunity with nine severed heads, Vibhīṣaṇa chooses steadfast dharma and life, and Sarasvatī turns Kumbhakarṇa tongue to endless sleep.
सर्गः ११ — In which Sumālin rises from Rasātala to claim Laṅkā, Prahasta preaches heroic brotherlessness, and Kubēra cedes the city as Rāvaṇa takes consecration.
सर्गः १२ — In which Rāvaṇa bestows Śūrpaṇakhā on Vidyujjihva, weds Mandōdarī by fire, settles his brothers, and hails newborn Mēghanāda.
सर्गः १३ — In which Kumbhakarṇa claims a vast sleeping palace, Kubēra warns Rāvaṇa through an envoy, and Rāvaṇa kills the messenger and marches to conquest.
सर्गः १४ — In which Rāvaṇa marches on Kailāsa with six ministers, routs the Yakṣa host, and batters down the gate guardian to force entrance.
सर्गः १५ — In which Kubēra reproaches Rāvaṇa, trades mace strokes and fire-water missiles, and loses Puṣpaka to his brother conqueror.
सर्गः १६ — In which Puṣpaka stalls beneath Śiva, monkey-faced Nandī foretells monkey ruin, and Śiva crushes Rāvaṇa lifting arms and names him Rāvaṇa.
सर्गः १७ — In which Rāvaṇa lusts for ascetic Vēdavatī, touches her hair, and watches her enter fire to be reborn as Sītā for his ruin.
सर्गः १८ — In which Rāvaṇa finds Marutta ringed by gods turned to birds and beasts, eats the sages, and gods repay their hosts with shining boons.
सर्गः १९ — In which great kings yield to Rāvaṇa, Anaraṇya of Ayōdhyā fights alone, and dying foretells an Ikṣvāku king who will kill Rāvaṇa.
सर्गः २० — In which Nārada hails Rāvaṇa amid mortal joy and grief, points him to Yama city, and follows wondering how Death itself can be beaten.
सर्गः २१ — In which Narada warns Yama of Ravana, who frees hell sufferers, batters guards, burns the host with Pashupata and roars across the earth
सर्गः २२ — In which Yama fights Ravana seven nights, lifts the infallible Time staff, heeds Brahma and vanishes while Ravana claims victory.
सर्गः २३ — In which Ravana makes friends of Nivatakavachas, kills Kalakeyas, storms Varuna palace and routs his sons in sky combat.
सर्गः २४ — In which Ravana drags captive maidens to Lanka, suffers chaste curse of woman-caused death and settles widowed Shurpanakha with Khara in Dandaka.
सर्गः २५ — In which Ravana finds Meghanada crowned with Shiva boons, hears Madhu stole Kumbhinasi, marches to Madhupura and spares him for heaven campaign.
सर्गः २६ — In which Ravana halts Rambha on Kailasa, assaults his pleading daughter-in-law by force and earns Nalakubara curse of bursting head.
सर्गः २७ — In which Indra begs Vishnu for aid, Vishnu vows Ravana death, and Vasu Savitra slays Sumali as gods and rakshasas clash.
सर्गः २८ — In which Meghanada routs Jayanta, Puloma bears him to ocean, Kumbhakarna rages, and Indra duels Ravana in darkness.
सर्गः २९ — In which Ravana storms encircled through dark, Indra seeks capture, and unseen Meghanada binds Indra with maya and ends the battle.
सर्गः ३० — In which Brahma crowns Meghanada Indrajit, buys Indra with rite-bound boon, and traces defeat to Ahalya assault and Gautama curse.
सर्गः ३१ — In which Rāvaṇa, missing Arjuna at Māhiṣmatī, boasts that sun wind and river fear him and worships Śiva on the Narmadā bank
सर्गः ३२ — In which Arjuna dams the Narmadā with a thousand arms, floods Rāvaṇa rite, and binds dazed Rāvaṇa like Bali
सर्गः ३३ — In which Pulastya flies to Māhiṣmatī, begs Arjuna to release grandson Rāvaṇa, and joins them in fire-witnessed friendship
सर्गः ३४ — In which Rāvaṇa creeps to seize praying Vālin, is carried armpit-tucked around four oceans, and sues for brotherhood
सर्गः ३५ — In which Rāma hails Hanumān above Vālin and Rāvaṇa and asks Agastya why he spared Vālin and forgot his strength
सर्गः ३६ — In which Brahmā revives the bolt-struck child, gods grant him immunity and long life, and sages curse him to forget his strength
सर्गः ३७ — In which Rāma embraces friend Pratardana, sends him to Vārāṇasī, and dismisses allied kings with praise and leave
सर्गः ३८ — In which boastful kings depart with gifts, Rāma shares them among monkeys and Rākṣasas, and all feast two happy months
सर्गः ३९ — In which Rāma sends Sugrīva and Vibhīṣaṇa to rule righteously and grants Hanumān life while his story endures
सर्गः ४० — In which Puṣpaka returns from Kubēra for Rāma service, is worshipped and freed, and Bharata reports golden age wonders
सर्गः ४१ — In which Rāma feasts with Sītā in the blossoming Aśōka grove and grants her wish to visit the Gaṅgā hermitages.
सर्गः ४२ — In which Rāma demands the talk of city and country and learns men mock him for keeping Sītā after her captivity.
सर्गः ४३ — In which Rāma summons Lakṣmaṇa, Bharata, and Śatrughna and tearfully begs their counsel in his trouble.
सर्गः ४४ — In which Rāma, stung by city-country slander against sinless Sītā, commands Lakṣmaṇa to abandon her beyond the Gaṅgā.
सर्गः ४५ — In which Lakṣmaṇa carries eager Sītā toward the Gaṅgā while she notes dark omens and prays for all Ayōdhyā.
सर्गः ४६ — In which Lakṣmaṇa crosses Sītā over the Gaṅgā and tells her Rāma casts her off, sinless, for fear of scandal.
सर्गः ४७ — In which Sītā swoons at her casting off, sends Rāma a message of duty, and is left weeping in the echoing forest.
सर्गः ४८ — In which Vālmīki hastens to wailing Sītā on the Gaṅgā bank and settles her among his sheltering ascetic women.
सर्गः ४९ — In which Lakṣmaṇa bewails Sītā banishment on the road while Sumantra recalls old brahmin warnings of coming partings.
सर्गः ५० — In which Sumantra tells how Durvāsas foretold Rāma long reign, kin partings, and ascent to Brahmalōka after many sacrifices.
सर्गः ५१ — In which Lakṣmaṇa reenters Ayōdhyā fearing Rāma, finds him tearful on throne, reports abandoning Sītā, and soothes him toward firmness
सर्गः ५२ — In which more than a hundred Yamunā sages enter palace with holy water, praise Rāma, and seek promised rescue from terror
सर्गः ५३ — In which Cyavana recounts Madhu winning Śiva spear, bequeathing it to wicked Lavaṇa, who now torments three worlds and sages
सर्गः ५४ — In which Rāma questions sages about Lavaṇa, promises death, grants eager Śatrughna the task, and orders him consecrated for Madhu kingdom
सर्गः ५५ — In which Śatrughna bows to Rāma command, gains consecration and primordial arrow, and learns to challenge Lavaṇa before he grasps Śiva spear
सर्गः ५६ — In which Rāma equips Śatrughna with army wealth and secret march plan, fixes rainy season death, and sends him bowing toward Madhu forest
सर्गः ५७ — In which Śatrughna halts at Vālmīki āśrama, accepts welcome hospitality, and hears Saudāsa cursed for serving human flesh to Vasiṣṭha
सर्गः ५८ — In which Sītā delivers twin boys at midnight, Vālmīki protects and names them Kuśa Lava, and joyful Śatrughna proceeds toward Yamunā
सर्गः ५९ — In which Cyavana tells how Lavaṇa spear burned Māndhātr̥ and his host, proving spear strength, yet promises Śatrughna victory at dawn
सर्गः ६० — In which Śatrughna blocks Madhu gate bow in hand, trades insults with prey laden Lavaṇa, and refuses leave to fetch his weapon
सर्गः ६१ — In which Śatrughna trades taunts with Lavaṇa, endures hurled trees and swooning fall, and fells him with Viṣṇu's world-feared arrow as Brahmā and gods watch.
सर्गः ६२ — In which gods offer Śatrughna a boon for killing Lavaṇa, he chooses fair Madhupurī, and builds thriving Śūrasēnā on the Yamunā in twelve years.
सर्गः ६३ — In which Śatrughna journeys to Ayōdhyā, tells Rāma of Lavaṇa's death and new Mathurā, and stays five nights before returning.
सर्गः ६४ — In which an aged brāhmaṇa bears his dead child to the palace gate, wails his sinless loss, and charges Rāma's fault for untimely death.
सर्गः ६५ — In which Rāma gathers eight sages, Nārada traces yuga dharma from Kr̥ta to Dvāpara, and blames a śūdra ascetic for the child's death.
सर्गः ६६ — In which Rāma seals the dead boy in oil, patrols west north east and south in Puṣpaka, and questions a downward-hanging tapasvin by a lake.
सर्गः ६७ — In which Śambūka seeks heaven in body through tapas, Rāma severs his head reviving the boy, and Agastya offers a Viśvakarman jewel.
सर्गः ६८ — In which Agastya recalls entering a beastless forest, watching a shining vimāna descend, and questioning a corpse-eating heaven-dweller by the lake.
सर्गः ६९ — In which Śvēta recounts ruling Vidēha, starving in Brahmalōka for never giving, eating his own flesh, and trading a jewel for release.
सर्गः ७० — In which Rāma asks why Śvēta's wood lacked beasts and men, and Agastya tells Manu counseling Ikṣvāku and banishing dull Daṇḍa southward.
सर्गः ७१ — In which King Daṇḍa lusts for sage Bhārgava's daughter Arajā, ignores her plea to woo her father, and ravishes her by force
सर्गः ७२ — In which wrathful Bhārgava curses Daṇḍa to death in seven nights, dooms his realm to dust rain, and shelters Arajā by the lake
सर्गः ७३ — In which Rāma keeps evening rites with Agastya, receives his praise as world purifier, and flies Puṣpaka home to Ayōdhyā
सर्गः ७४ — In which Rāma proposes the Rājasūya rite with his brothers, and Bharata persuades him that guarding subjects equals sacrifice
सर्गः ७५ — In which Lakṣmaṇa commends the cleansing Aśvamēdha and tells how righteous Vr̥tra tapas drove fearful Indra to Viṣṇu
सर्गः ७६ — In which Viṣṇu divides himself threefold so Indra can strike Vr̥tra, then promises the stained god cleansing through horse sacrifice
सर्गः ७७ — In which gods perform the Aśvamēdha for hiding Indra, lodge his brahmahatyā fourfold, and restore the withered world
सर्गः ७८ — In which hunting King Ila strays into Śiva's woman-formed grove, turns female with his retinue, and wins alternating sexes
सर्गः ७९ — In which woman-formed Ilā sports through forest to Budha lake, stirs its waters, and Budha settles her followers as Kiṃpuruṣīs
सर्गः ८० — In which Budha loves woman-formed Ilā for a month, detains man-restored Ila a year, and receives newborn Purūravas
सर्गः ८१ — In which Rāma tells how Ila, turned woman, regains manhood through a Śiva horse sacrifice and founds Pratiṣṭhāna.
सर्गः ८२ — In which Rāma vows a horse sacrifice, summons priests, and invites monkeys, rākṣasas, kings, and sages to Naimiṣa on the Gōmatī.
सर्गः ८३ — In which Rāma frees the horse for his Naimiṣa sacrifice while monkeys and rākṣasas serve sages and shower beggars with gifts.
सर्गः ८४ — In which Vālmīki settles near the sacrifice ground and bids his two pupils sing the Rāmāyaṇa daily before Rāma and the priests.
सर्गः ८५ — In which two forest boys enchant Rāma with twenty sargas, refuse his gold, and reveal Vālmīki five-hundred-sarga epic of his life.
सर्गः ८६ — In which Rāma, knowing the singers as Sītā sons, seeks her public oath through Vālmīki and summons all to witness it tomorrow.
सर्गः ८७ — In which Vālmīki brings tearful Sītā before kings, sages, monkeys, and rākṣasas, vouching her purity and naming her twins Rāma sons.
सर्गः ८८ — In which Rāma trusts Vālmīki word, and Sītā, swearing sole love for Rāma, sinks with Earth goddess into Rasātala amid divine flowers.
सर्गः ८९ — In which Rāma, deeming the world empty without Sītā, rules Ayōdhyā with a golden image, sacrifices for ages, and mourns his mothers.
सर्गः ९० — In which Yudhājit envoy offers Gandharva land on the Sindhu, and Rāma sends Bharata with Takṣa and Puṣkala to conquer and found two cities.
सर्गः ९१ — In which Bharata battles Gandharvas seven nights, looses the Saṃvarta weapon, founds two splendid cities, and returns to Rāma.
सर्गः ९२ — In which Rāma seeks a faultless realm for Aṅgada and Candrakētu, builds Aṅgadīyā and Candrakāntā, and crowns both princes.
सर्गः ९३ — In which Kāla as a blazing ascetic seeks Rāma as Atibala messenger and demands death-guarded private talk.
सर्गः ९४ — In which Kāla declares Rāma Viṣṇu born to slay Rāvaṇa, announces his completed years, and summons him heavenward.
सर्गः ९५ — In which Durvāsas demands instant audience under curse threat, Lakṣmaṇa interrupts Rāma, and Rāma serves desired food.
सर्गः ९६ — In which Lakṣmaṇa offers death for broken guarded talk, Vasiṣṭha bids renunciation, and Lakṣmaṇa ascends embodied to heaven.
सर्गः ९७ — In which Rāma names Bharata king and seeks forest death, Bharata refuses, and Rāma crowns Kuśa and Lava.
सर्गः ९८ — In which messengers report Rāma resolve, Śatrughna crowns two sons in Mathurā and Vaidīśa, rushes to Ayōdhyā, and vanaras seek to follow.
सर्गः ९९ — In which Rāma walks silent in linen with Śrī Hrī and Vēdas, and wives, priests, citizens and monkeys follow heavenward.
सर्गः १०० — In which Brahmā welcomes Rāma at Sarayū, Rāma resumes Viṣṇu form, and gods grant followers Sāntānika and Brahmalōka abodes.
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