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Lanka Kand

लंकाकाण्ड · 121 dohas · 800 verses

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Lanka Kand opens with the bridge across the sea, making the passage to Lanka possible. War follows. The account moves through Kumbhkaran and Meghnad, then Lakshman’s wound and the Sanjivani. These episodes lead towards the death of Ravan. After the battle, Vibhishan is crowned, and the narrative turns from warfare to the events that prepare for the return to Ayodhya.

Mata Sita’s fire ordeal appears here in Goswami Tulsidas’s telling as the return of the real Mata Sita, who has been kept with Agni. Shri Ram then returns to Ayodhya by the Pushpak. The coronation follows, bringing the story from the crossing of the sea and the struggle in Lanka to Shri Ram’s rule in Ayodhya.

The teaching is that strength must serve dharma, with rightful rule as its purpose. Lanka Kand contains 121 dohas. Keep this purpose in view as the account passes from battle to coronation.

In this kand

  1. InvocationInvocations
  2. InvocationBridging of the ocean by Nala and Nīla; Śrī Rāma’s installation of Śrī Rāmeśvara Liṅgam
  3. Doha 4Śrī Rāma crosses the ocean with the whole army and encamps on Mount Suvela; Rāvaṇa feels agitated at the news
  4. Doha 4Mandodarī expostulates with Rāvaṇa; dialogue between Rāvaṇa and Prahasta (his son)
  5. Doha 10A description of Śrī Rāma on Mount Suvela and a view of the rising moon
  6. Doha 12bAn arrow from Śrī Rāma’s bow strikes down Rāvaṇa’s diadems and umbrella
  7. Doha 14Mandodarī makes remonstrance with Rāvaṇa again and dwells upon Śrī Rāma’s glory
  8. Doha 17bAṅgada’s departure for Laṅkā and dialogue between Aṅgada and Rāvaṇa in the latter’s court
  9. Doha 35bMandodarī offers advice to Rāvaṇa once more
  10. Doha 38bDialogue between Aṅgada and Śrī Rāma; war actually begins
  11. Doha 38bयुद्धारम्भ
  12. Doha 47Mālyavān’s admonition to Rāvaṇa
  13. Doha 51The battle recommences; encounter between Lakṣmaṇa and Meghanāda; a javelin thrown by the latter strikes Lakṣmaṇa in the breast
  14. Doha 55Hanumān fetches the physician Suṣeṇa and proceeds in quest of the life-giving herb; dialogue between Kālanemi and Rāvaṇa, redemption of the she-alligator; deliverance of Kālanemi
  15. Doha 57Struck by Bharata’s arrow, Hanumān drops down unconscious; dialogue between Bharata and Hanumān
  16. Doha 59Śrī Rāma’s sport of a touching wail; Hanumān’s return; Lakṣmaṇa’s coming back to consciousness
  17. Doha 61Rāvaṇa awakes Kumbhakarṇa; Kumbhakarṇa’s exhortation to Rāvaṇa and dialogue between Vibhīṣaṇa and Kumbhakarṇa
  18. Doha 64Kumbhakarṇa joins the battle and attains final beatitude
  19. Doha 71Meghanāda gives battle and Śrī Rāma sportfully allows Himself to be bound by a snare of serpents
  20. Doha 75Destruction of Meghanāda’s sacrificial performance; his engagement on the battle-field and deliverance at the hands of Lakṣmaṇa
  21. Doha 78Rāvaṇa’s march to the field of battle; Śrī Rāma’s victory-chariot and an encounter between the monkey- warriors and the demons
  22. Doha 81Encounter between Lakṣmaṇa and Rāvaṇa
  23. Doha 83Rāvaṇa’s swoon; destruction of his sacrificial performance; combat between Śrī Rāma and Rāvaṇa
  24. Doha 88Indra (the lord of paradise) sends a chariot for the use of Śrī Rāma; encounter between Śrī Rāma and Rāvaṇa
  25. Doha 92Rāvaṇa hurls a lance at Vibhīṣaṇa : Śrī Rāma puts Vibhīṣaṇa behind Him and exposes Himself to its full force; encounter between Vibhīṣaṇa and Rāvaṇa
  26. Doha 94Combat of Rāvaṇa and Hanumān; Rāvaṇa creates phantoms and Śrī Rāma disperses the phantoms
  27. Doha 95Fierce fighting; Rāvaṇa’s swoon
  28. Doha 98Dialogue between Sītā and Trijaṭā
  29. Doha 101bFinal encounter between Śrī Rāma and Rāvaṇa; end of Rāvaṇa; shouts of victory everywhere
  30. Doha 103Mandodarī and other queens lament; Rāvaṇa’s funeral
  31. Doha 106Vibhīṣaṇa’s installation
  32. Doha 106Hanumān carries the happy news to Sītā; Sītā rejoins Śrī Rāma and enters fire as a test of her purity and restoration real Sītā by the God of Fire to Lord Śrī Rāma
  33. Doha 109bThe gods sing the Lord’s glories; Indra rains down nectar on the dead
  34. Doha 115Vibhīṣaṇa’s entreaty; Śrī Rāma’s portrayal of Bharata’s condition due to the excessive love he bore towards the Lord; Śrī Rāma urges Vibhīṣaṇa to arrange for His speedy return to Ayodhyā
  35. Doha 117bVibhīṣaṇa rains down raiments and jewels from the air and the monkeys and bears pick them up and adorn their person with them
  36. Doha 118cŚrī Rāma and Sītā leave for Ayodhyā by the aerial car, Puṣpaka
  37. Doha 121bThe glory of Śrī Rāma’s story

Contents

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  10. 9
  11. 10
  12. 11b
  13. 12b
  14. 13b
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  16. 15b
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  32. 31b
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  49. 48b
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  61. 60b
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  75. 74b
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  81. 80c
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  102. 101b
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  108. 107
  109. 108
  110. 109b
  111. 110
  112. 111
  113. 112
  114. 113
  115. 114b
  116. 115
  117. 116d
  118. 117b
  119. 118c
  120. 119b
  121. 120b
  122. 121b

The seven kands

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