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On the very last step of the very last journey, he would not go in without his friend.

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On the mountain Mahendra, before the leap.

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When he could not find the herb, he brought the whole hill.

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The halahala, the blue throat, the world saved.

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Learning sixty-four arts in sixty-four days.

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Do your work; do not cling to the fruit.

From the original text · Bhagavad Gita

Mainaka, Surasa and Simhika on the way.

From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

Even Shiva holds out a bowl.

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Colours, sticks and laughter.

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A small boy, a big king, three steps.

From the original text · Bhagavata Purana

A ring dropped from a branch.

From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

Rama and Sita inside.

From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

Nandi at the door, the snake and the mouse who get along.

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A lamp in a clay pot, a circle around it.

From the original text · Devi Mahatmya (Durga Saptashati)

A boy who would not move until he was seen.

From the original text · Bhagavata Purana

Gods and asuras pull the same rope.

From the original text · Bhagavata Purana

What the Brahma Purana holds, and the first episodes to come from it.

From the original text · The Eighteen Mahapuranas

What the Padma Purana holds, and the first episodes to come from it.

From the original text · The Eighteen Mahapuranas

What the Vishnu Purana holds, and the first episodes to come from it.

From the original text · The Eighteen Mahapuranas

What the Shiva Purana holds, and the first episodes to come from it.

From the original text · The Eighteen Mahapuranas

What the Narada Purana holds, and the first episodes to come from it.

From the original text · The Eighteen Mahapuranas

What the Markandeya Purana holds, and the first episodes to come from it.

From the original text · The Eighteen Mahapuranas

What the Agni Purana holds, and the first episodes to come from it.

From the original text · The Eighteen Mahapuranas

What the Bhavishya Purana holds, and the first episodes to come from it.

From the original text · The Eighteen Mahapuranas

What the Brahmavaivarta Purana holds, and the first episodes to come from it.

From the original text · The Eighteen Mahapuranas

What the Linga Purana holds, and the first episodes to come from it.

From the original text · The Eighteen Mahapuranas

What the Varaha Purana holds, and the first episodes to come from it.

From the original text · The Eighteen Mahapuranas

What the Skanda Purana holds, and the first episodes to come from it.

From the original text · The Eighteen Mahapuranas

What the Vamana Purana holds, and the first episodes to come from it.

From the original text · The Eighteen Mahapuranas

What the Kurma Purana holds, and the first episodes to come from it.

From the original text · The Eighteen Mahapuranas

What the Matsya Purana holds, and the first episodes to come from it.

From the original text · The Eighteen Mahapuranas

What the Garuda Purana holds, and the first episodes to come from it.

From the original text · The Eighteen Mahapuranas

What the Brahmanda Purana holds, and the first episodes to come from it.

From the original text · The Eighteen Mahapuranas

Valmiki Ramayana, Yuddha Kanda, sargas 1–5 of 128, told for each age.

From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

Bal Kand, doha 1–20

From the original text · Ramcharitmanas

Ayodhya Kand, doha 1–20

From the original text · Ramcharitmanas

Aranya Kand, doha 1–20

From the original text · Ramcharitmanas

Kishkindha Kand, doha 1–20

From the original text · Ramcharitmanas

Sundar Kand, doha 1–20

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Lanka Kand, doha 1–20

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Uttar Kand, doha 1–20

From the original text · Ramcharitmanas

Kambar's Tamil Ramayana, in six kandams, for the Tamil shelf.

From the original text · Oral tradition

Valmiki Ramayana, Book I, all 77 sargas — Rama's birth, his teachers, and his wedding to Sita.

From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

Valmiki Ramayana, Book II, all 119 sargas — a promise, an exile, and a kingdom that waits.

From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

Valmiki Ramayana, Book III, all 75 sargas — the golden deer, Sita taken, and Jatayu's last flight.

From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

Valmiki Ramayana, Book IV, all 67 sargas — a new friendship, a kingdom set right, and Hanuman remembers his own strength.

From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

Valmiki Ramayana, Book V, all 68 sargas — Hanuman's leap across the sea, and the message that reaches Rama at last.

From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

Sabha Parva, upa-parva 1 (Sabhakriya), sections 1–4 of 81.

From the original text · Mahabharata