The Authentic Valmiki Ramayana Archiv
413 Episoden
11 Minuten
Heartily entertained along with his army by Vasishta with delicious foods and drinks yielded by his cow of plenty, Vishvamitra asks of him the cow, which Vasishta declines to part with.
Recitation: 00:00 - 04:15
Translation: 04:16 - 11:20
Recitation: 00:00 - 04:15
Translation: 04:16 - 11:20
10 Minuten
Vasishta enjoins his cow of plenty, Shabala by name, to yield necessary articles for entertaining Vishvamitra.
Recitation: 00:00 - 03:54
Translation:03:55 - 09:34
Recitation: 00:00 - 03:54
Translation:03:55 - 09:34
12 Minuten
At the request of Shatananada, Vishvamitra tells him how Ahalya was redeemed by Sri Rama and entertained him with the help of her husband. And Shatananda in his turn commences narrating to Sri Rama the story of Vishvamitra.
Recitation: 00:00 - 04:37
Translation: 04:38 - 12:07
Recitation: 00:00 - 04:37
Translation: 04:38 - 12:07
11 Minuten
Sri Rama and others reach Mithila and are received in advance by King Janaka, headed by his family priest, Shatananda; Vishvamitra satisfies their curiosity about the two princes of Ayodhya.
Recitation: 00:00 - 04:04
Translation: 04:05 - 10:51
Recitation: 00:00 - 04:04
Translation: 04:05 - 10:51
10 Minuten
At the intercession of the gods, Indra is supplied with testicles of a ram; Ahalya gets back her pristine celestial form at the very sight of Sri Rama, the moment he enters the hermitage, and the two divine brothers are entertained by the lady with the help of her husband.
Recitation: 00:00 - 03:48
Translation: 03:49 - 10:16
Recitation: 00:00 - 03:48
Translation: 03:49 - 10:16
14 Minuten
Having stayed overnight at Vishala as an honoured guest of Sumati, Sri Rama, accompanied by Vishvamitra and the other sages, heads towards Mithila (the capital of King Janaka) and, inquiring about it, is told by Vishvamitra how Ahalya, wife of Sage Gautama, whose hermitage it was, was subjected to a curse by her husband.
Recitation: 00:00 - 05:20
Translation: 05:21 - 13:58
Recitation: 00:00 - 05:20
Translation: 05:21 - 13:58
9 Minuten
Vishvamitra tells Sri Rama how on the very site of the grove where Diti practised her austerities, Vishala, a son of Ikshvaku, built the city of Vishala. Sumati, the contemporary ruler of Vishala, receives Vishvamitra and his party as his distinguished guests.
Recitation: 00:00 - 03:41
Translation: 03:42 - 09:27
Recitation: 00:00 - 03:41
Translation: 03:42 - 09:27
10 Minuten
Disconsolate over the death of her sons, Diti embarks on a course of austerities at Kushaplava with the permission of her husband, Sage Kashyapa, with the object of securing a son capable of killing Indra. The latter on coming to know of her intention serves her during the period of her consecration and, taking advantage of her falling asleep on one occasion with her head in a wrong position, and thereby transgressing the rules of purity, enters her womb and carves the foetus.
Recitation: 00:00 - 03:42
Translation: 03:43 - 09:49
Recitation: 00:00 - 03:42
Translation: 03:43 - 09:49
21 Minuten
Vishvamitra tells Sri Rama how in the remote past the gods and the demons conjointly churned the ocean of milk, using Mount Mandara as the churning rod, how Lord Shiva drank off the deadly poison skimmed out of it, how as a result of that churning appeared Lord Dhanvantari, a bevy of Apsaras, the beverage known by the name of Vaaruni, the horse Ucchaishrava, the Kaustubha gem and nectar, and how the conflict of gods and the Daityas ended in the destruction of the latter.
Recitation: 00:00 - 07:26
Translation: 07:27 - 20:38
Recitation: 00:00 - 07:26
Translation: 07:27 - 20:38
10 Minuten
Applauding Bhagiratha, Brahma urges him to gratify the souls of his departed great grand-uncles by offering them the water of the Ganga, and after doing his bidding, Bhagiratha returns to his capital; the glory of hearing and reading the story of Ganga's descent on earth.
Recitation: 00:00 - 03:55
Translation: 03:56 - 10:02
Recitation: 00:00 - 03:55
Translation: 03:56 - 10:02
16 Minuten
Pleased with the asceticism of Bhagiratha, Lord Shiva receives the Ganga on His head and discharges it into Bindusarovara. Branching forth into seven streams it then accompanies Bhagiratha to Rasatala and liberates his forbears on the way.
Recitation: 00:00 - 06:35
Translation: 06:36 - 16:28
Recitation: 00:00 - 06:35
Translation: 06:36 - 16:28
11 Minuten
Amshuman and his grandson Bhagiratha, successively practise austerities for bringing down the Ganga to the terrestrial plane. Brahma grants a boon to Bhagiratha and exhorts him to propitiate Lord Shiva and secure His consent to receive the Ganga on His head.
Recitation: 00:00 - 04:12
Translation: 04:13 - 10:35
Recitation: 00:00 - 04:12
Translation: 04:13 - 10:35
11 Minuten
Under orders of Sagara his grandson Amshuman proceeds to Rasatala through the underground passage made by his uncles and, bringing back the sacrificial horse, tells the king about the fate of his uncles.
Recitation: 00:00 - 04:28
Translation: 04:29 - 10:57
Recitation: 00:00 - 04:28
Translation: 04:29 - 10:57
12 Minuten
Brahma reassures the gods by telling them that the sons of Sagara will be destroyed by the curse of Sage Kapila. The sons of Sagara in the course of their excavation arrive in the presence of Kapila and, behaving insolently towards him, are forthwith reduced to ashes by the fire of his wrath.
Recitation: 00:00 - 05:02
Translation: 05:03 - 11:49
Recitation: 00:00 - 05:02
Translation: 05:03 - 11:49
11 Minuten
Indra steals away the horse released by Sagara as a prelude to his horse-sacrifice; his sixty thousand sons proceed to excavate the earth in quest of the horse and the gods in terror apprise Brahma of this daring of theirs.
Recitation: 00:00 - 04:27
Translation: 04:28 - 10:48
Recitation: 00:00 - 04:27
Translation: 04:28 - 10:48
