Posted on July 31, 2011 53 Comments

Here is the complete PDF version of Ramayana in English. The version of Ramayana I posted nearly a year ago was a shorter more popular edition. This one here is a translation of the entire scripture directly from the original Sanskrit versions. Like The Mahabharata, Ramayana is an ancient epic tale, that not only is a cornerstone for eastern cultures but also serve as spiritual foundations for several religions.

Download the huge works here, and meet Rama, Sita, Hanuman and the rest of Valmiki’scharacters in four pdf-volumes:

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1. correction
   March 8th, 2013 @ 3:05 pm

   The ebooks are badly scanned, left and right sides of most of the pages are cut, because of which you can’t make out starting words and ending words.

   Please post a good copy.

2. b.k. reaL
   March 20th, 2013 @ 6:03 am
3. DY
   April 1st, 2013 @ 4:32 am

   I see there was a problem with volume 4 not being complete. Has Volume 4 been re-downloaded with the entire volume.

4. msvin
   May 18th, 2013 @ 2:06 am

   hi, can some one please email me valmiki’s ramayana in english please…i just downloaded the above copy but a lot of words at the beginning and end of each sentence has been cut of and i’m unable to understand any of it.please email me a good copy if u have.thanks so much :)

5. Ravindra Kumar Sharma
   May 20th, 2013 @ 3:33 pm

   itried download ramayan several times .but could not success.

6. Mahendra
   May 24th, 2013 @ 6:57 am

   Hi Mohan…could u please send me the link to download the valmiki ramayana.
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7. loganathan
   June 6th, 2013 @ 4:07 pm

   I want mahabratham full story in tamil or english.plz send it to my mail id

8. harika
   January 30th, 2014 @ 4:09 pm

   thanks for the books, but they are not scanned properly. can you please re-scan them for all mankind

9. meharban
   February 14th, 2014 @ 8:59 am
10. vikram
    March 25th, 2014 @ 3:19 pm

    it is useful to know rama and follow him

11. Narain Das Rathor
    May 7th, 2014 @ 9:47 am

    I see the volume 4 there is misprinting and not clear in reading.please try to best for reading purposes. Namisty

12. tirupathi
    June 18th, 2014 @ 8:36 pm

    Great work, really appreciate efforts. But none of the volume is readable when I try to download, it says “This PDF document might not be displayed properly “

13. ramesh wagh
    September 20th, 2014 @ 8:01 am
14. mahesh
    November 10th, 2014 @ 7:17 pm

    pls friends could u send ramayan &mahabharat hole story to my email.
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15. mahesh
    November 10th, 2014 @ 7:21 pm

    downloading pdf link not available
    pls could u send ramayan & mahabharat hole story in english version to myemail. .

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    January 5th, 2015 @ 3:07 pm

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19. SATYABAN SAHOO
    January 30th, 2015 @ 7:11 am
20. anil kumar reddy
    May 16th, 2015 @ 9:56 am

    i praying to god all are happy

21. Meena Nagarjunan
    June 4th, 2015 @ 9:05 pm
22. Yenkaiah
    July 15th, 2015 @ 10:00 am

    God may bless u all

23. Abhay
    August 21st, 2015 @ 6:24 am

    Sir please send me the marathi pdf of ramayana to my mail ID

24. Veena
    September 25th, 2015 @ 7:29 am

    Please send me both detailed Ramayana and Mahabaratha in english to my mail id. Thank you.

25. hari nayak
    September 25th, 2015 @ 1:48 pm
26. Raj Sewnarain
    October 31st, 2015 @ 9:46 am

    Hello , please I need help in downloading the tulsi Ramayana on my I pad . I have tried the download tab , unfortunately it will only allow me read on line

27. Rani Patil
    November 24th, 2015 @ 2:13 pm

    Pl help me to download Ramayan in hindi please send me direct download link pl pls….

28. dharmendra thakur
    November 29th, 2015 @ 3:42 pm

    i want ramayam and geeta in hindi language plz send in my email my email is dharmendrathakur730@gmail.com or send a direct link for download the ramayan and geeta plz

29. Robert
    December 3rd, 2015 @ 3:05 pm

    I kindly request to the teams and orginization of the translation to send me the whole Ramayan in English.

30. Kshitij
    January 10th, 2016 @ 10:48 pm

    Please share the link or email me the valmiki ramayan in Hindi. Thanks.

31. Amruth
    February 9th, 2016 @ 5:47 am

    Please send PDF version of ramayanam full in Telugu to my gmail account.plzzz

32. S.Shrinivasan
    April 1st, 2016 @ 2:37 pm

    Pl make arrangement for publishing ‘Valmiki Ramayan’ in Sanskrit with Tamil translation,in pdf/ebook form,Will be highly grateful.

33. J.D.Kamallesan
    July 2nd, 2016 @ 3:17 pm

    Please send PDF version of ramayanam full in English to my gmail account.plzzz

34. Lichtenberg
    July 2nd, 2016 @ 3:32 pm

    We do not send books pr. mail, please use the download link and save the e-books to your computer.

35. V.Sathiamoorthy
    July 27th, 2016 @ 8:28 am

    Hearty congratulations for the pains-taking and remarkable job done, with the noble intention of making the great epic Srimad Ramayana available in PDF format to the posterity….Satya

36. deepak
    August 26th, 2016 @ 12:18 pm
37. Nicholas
    November 8th, 2016 @ 12:07 am

    None are able to be word searched, just printed out. Pray that you convert them to searchable – soon!

38. Shivam Sanoria
    November 18th, 2016 @ 4:55 pm
39. Rum
    December 13th, 2016 @ 3:48 pm

    Thank You!

40. kstarsonu
    January 15th, 2017 @ 5:58 pm

    please send full version of Ramayana in Hindi or sankirit language.
    please when you complete full so send me link for download Hindi or sankirit language PDF version.
    my Gmail I’d is kstarsonu@gmail.com
    I am mythology lover please help …

41. Meena Nagarjunan
    March 6th, 2017 @ 9:20 am

    Thank u. Many end of the words are cut of.If that could be rectified would help.u have done a huge service to Humanity.Godbless u.

42. Ramesh
    March 19th, 2017 @ 3:58 am

    Is Tamil version available? If yes please send me pdfs. Thank you

43. Afroz
    March 30th, 2017 @ 1:01 pm

    Thankinkng you hoap you will send more time to time mails to emprove gyan thaks afroz

44. Smitha
    April 14th, 2017 @ 11:59 am

    Can I get the whole Raamaayana in Kannada language in PDF version.Can U pls share the link.Thanks in advance

45. Suresh
    August 21st, 2017 @ 1:10 am

    Jai Sriram, Ramakrishna Math Published Valmiki Ramayana complete shlokas E Book, with fine search option in Kannada transliteration, compiled and edited by Suresh Kumar, Director, Sri Ramayana Prasarana Kendra. You can get CD from Ramakrishna Math book stall or from Suresh Kumar

46. fizza
    July 15th, 2017 @ 4:01 pm
47. parimala kamatar
    December 25th, 2017 @ 12:04 pm

    who has translated it into English?

48. bijoy
    March 30th, 2018 @ 9:10 am

    hey guys. nice upload. if you cant get the full version of ramayana, download it from here.

    link- https://bodnastik.wordpress.com/2018/03/14/ramayana/

49. Satya S Narina
    June 5th, 2018 @ 4:28 pm

    Excellent contribution for future world. Good work done for those people who have not read these books before and have no access to reach to read these holy books.

50. Manjunath
    July 17th, 2018 @ 7:05 pm
51. Subrata
    August 14th, 2018 @ 2:13 pm

    Can anyone suggest the samporna ramayan in hindi pdf (no omission of any episodes) please.

    Thanks in advance

52. Devraj Singh Thakur
    October 6th, 2018 @ 1:47 pm

    Can you please re scan since many pages has been cut off from right edge

53. DR. C. M. Davis
    April 29th, 2019 @ 9:20 pm

    The first Vol. is non readable because of margin error (L) and (R) side. This is a horrid copy. I will not bother to comment on the others, it would be a waste of time. What a loss.

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Valmiki (/vɑːlˈmiːki/;^[1]Sanskrit: वाल्मीकि, Vālmīki) is celebrated as the harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature. The epic Ramayana, dated variously from 5th century BCE^[2] to first century BCE,^[3] is attributed to him, based on the attribution in the text itself.^[4] He is revered as Ādi Kavi, the first poet, author of Ramayana, the first epic poem.

Ramayana, originally written by Valmiki, consists of 24,000 shlokas and 7 cantos (kaṇḍas) including Uttara Kanda.^{[citation needed]}Ramayana is composed of about 480,002 words, being a quarter of the length of the full text of the Mahabharata or about four times the length of the Iliad. The Ramayana tells the story of a prince, Rama of the city of Ayodhya in the Kingdom of Kosala, whose wife Sita is abducted by Ravana, the demon-king (Rakshasa) of Lanka. The Valmiki Ramayana is dated variously from 500 BCE to 100 BCE^[5] or about co-eval with early versions of the Mahabharata.^[6] As with many traditional epics, it has gone through a process of interpolations and redactions, making it impossible to date accurately.

British satirist Aubrey Menen says that Valmiki was, 'recognized as a literary genius,' and thus was considered, 'an outlaw,' presumably because of his, 'philosophic scepticism,'^[7] as part of an 'Indian Enlightenment' period.^[8] Valmiki is also quoted to be the contemporary of Rama. Menen claims Valmiki is, 'the first author in all history to bring himself into his own composition.'^[9] Rama met Valmiki during his period of exile and interacted with him. Valmiki gave shelter to Sita in his hermitage when Rama banished her. Kusha and Lava, the twin sons of Shri Rama were born to Sita in this hermitage. Valmiki taught Ramayana to Kusha and Lava, who later sang the divine story in Ayodhya during the Ashwamedha yajna congregation, to the pleasure of the audience, whereupon, King Rama questioned who they were and later visited Valmiki's hermitage to confirm if Sita, the two children claimed as their mother was in fact his wife in exile. Later, he summoned them to his royal palace. Kusha and Lava sang the story of Rama there and Rama confirmed that whatever had been sung by these two children was entirely true.

Early life

Valmiki was born as Agni Sharma to a Brahmin named Pracheta (also known as Sumali) of Bhrigu gotra,^[10][11][12] According to legend he once met the great sage Narada and had a discourse with him on his duties. Moved by Narada's words, Agni Sharma began to perform penance and chanted the word 'Mara' which meant 'kill'. As he performed his penance for several years, the word became 'Rama', the name of Lord Vishnu. Huge anthills formed around Agni Sharma and this earned him the name of Valmiki. Agni Sharma, rechristened as Valmiki, learnt the scriptures from Narada and became the foremost of ascetics, revered by everyone.

The first shloka

Valmiki was going to the river Ganges for his daily ablutions. A disciple by the name Bharadwaja was carrying his clothes. On the way, they came across the Tamasa Stream. Looking at the stream, Valmiki said to his disciple, 'Look, how clear is this water, like the mind of a good man! I will bathe here today.' When he was looking for a suitable place to step into the stream, he saw a crane couple mating. Valmiki felt very pleased on seeing the happy birds. Suddenly, hit by an arrow, the male bird died on the spot. Filled by sorrow, its mate screamed in agony and died of shock. Valmiki's heart melted at this pitiful sight. He looked around to find out who had shot the bird. He saw a hunter with a bow and arrows, nearby. Valmiki became very angry. His lips opened and he cried out,

मा निषाद प्रतिष्ठां त्वमगमः शाश्वतीः समाः।

यत्क्रौञ्चमिथुनादेकमवधीः काममोहितम्॥'

mā niṣāda pratiṣṭhā tvamagamaḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ

yat krauñcamithunādekam avadhīḥ kāmamohitam^[13]

You will find no rest for the long years of Eternity

For you killed a bird in love and unsuspecting^[14]

Emerging spontaneously from Valmiki's rage and grief, this is considered to be the first shloka in Sanskrit literature. Valmiki later composed the entire Ramayana with the blessings of Lord Brahma in the same meter that issued forth from him as the shloka. Thus this shloka is revered as the first shloka in Hindu literature. Valmiki is revered as the first poet or Adi Kavi and Ramayana, the first kavya(poem).

His first disciples to whom he taught the Ramayana were Kusha and Lava, the sons of Rama:

प्रचेत्सोऽहं दशमः पुत्रो राघवनंन्दन

न स्मराम्यनृतं वाक्यमिमौ तु तव पुत्रकौ 96:16

In another verse, it is also stated that he is from the lineage of the sage Bhargava:

संनिबद्धं हि श्लोकानां चतुर्विंशत्सहस्रकम्

उपाख्यानशतं चैव भार्गवेण तपस्विना 94:24

Incarnation

Vishnudharmottara Purana says that Valmiki was born in the Treta Yuga as a form of Brahma who composed Ramayana and that people desirious of earning knowledge should worship Valmiki.^[15] He was later reincarnated as Tulsidas, who composed the Ramcharitamanas, which was the Awadhi-Hindi version of the Ramayana.

Temples

An area in Chennai, Tiruvanmiyur is believed to derive its name from Sage Valmiki, Thiru-Valmiki-Oor. There is a temple for Valmiki located in this place, which is believed to be 1300 years old.^[16][17]

Also:

• Shree Valmiki Mata Maha Samsthana in Rajanahalli, Karnataka

In popular culture

In 1963, Valmiki, a Kannada movie, was made, starring Dr Rajkumar.

See also

References

1. ^'Valmiki'. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
2. ^'All Indian life is here'. The Guardian. 23 August 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2015. Read 5th Paragraph
3. ^'Sri Aurobindo on the Indian Epic Ramayana'(PDF). uwf.edu. University of West Florida. p. 2. Retrieved 27 April 2015. read end paragraph of page 2
4. ^Valmiki, Robert P. Goldman (1990). The Ramayana of Valmiki: An Epic of Ancient India. 1. Princeton University Press. pp. 14–15. ISBN0-691-01485-X.
5. ^'harking back : Myths and facts of the beginnings of Lahore'.
6. ^Goldman, Robert P., The Ramayana of Valmiki: An Epic of Ancient India pp. 23
7. ^Menen, Aubrey (1954). 'Introduction', The Ramayana, p.4. Charles Scribner's Sons: New York. [ISBN unspecified]. LCC54-5919. LCCN54-35716.
8. ^Menen (1954). 'The Indian Enlightenment', p.9.
9. ^Menen (1954). 'The Heritage of the Gluttons', p.81.
10. ^Vishwanath S. Naravane (1998). Sages, Nymphs, and Deities: Excursions in Indian Mythology. The Author. p. 86.
11. ^History Of Ancient India (a New Version) : From 7300 Bb To 4250 Bc,. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. 2006. p. 720.
12. ^Mythology of Vishnu and His Incarnations. Gyan Publishing House. 2009. p. 166.
13. ^Sacred-Texts.com IAST encoded transliteration (modified from original source to accurately reflect sandhi rules)
14. ^ Buck, William and van Nooten, B. A. Ramayana. 2000, page 7
15. ^Mythology of Vishnu and His Incarnations by Manohar Laxman Varadpande (2009), p. 166.
16. ^http://www.columbuslost.com/2015/01/maharishi-valmiki-temple-at.html
17. ^http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/01/23/stories/2003012300110300.htm

External links

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