
We light the way home for people we love.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
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We light the way home for people we love.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
On the mountain Mahendra, before the leap.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
When he could not find the herb, he brought the whole hill.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

Curiosity is good; listen when someone who loves you calls.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Mainaka, Surasa and Simhika on the way.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Was it a mango?
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

A ring dropped from a branch.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
A brahmin's greeting under the Rishyamukha hill.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Yuddha Kanda, sargas 1–5 of 128, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
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.
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How Hanuman was born to Anjana and the wind.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kanda, sargas 1–5 of 119, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kanda, sargas 1–5 of 75, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Kishkindha Kanda, sargas 1–5 of 67, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kanda, sargas 1–5 of 68, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Yuddha Kanda, sargas 6–10 of 128, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

A city lights every doorstep for three travellers.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
A sage asks the king for his two young sons, to guard a forest sacrifice, and teaches them everything.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

Even small help matters.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
A river that came from the sky.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda, sargas 1–5 of 77, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kanda, sargas 6–10 of 119, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kanda, sargas 6–10 of 75, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Kishkindha Kanda, sargas 6–10 of 67, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kanda, sargas 6–10 of 68, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Yuddha Kanda, sargas 11–15 of 128, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Uttara Kanda, sargas 1–5 of 111, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

A great bridge to reach those who need help, and one small squirrel.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Small as a cat, in the night.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

A river that fell from the sky and was caught in gentle hair.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda, sargas 6–10 of 77, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kanda, sargas 11–15 of 119, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kanda, sargas 11–15 of 75, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Kishkindha Kanda, sargas 11–15 of 67, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kanda, sargas 11–15 of 68, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Yuddha Kanda, sargas 16–20 of 128, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Uttara Kanda, sargas 6–10 of 111, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
A fall, a father's anger, and the wind that stopped.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Every house, every garden.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
On his shoulders into Lanka.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda, sargas 11–15 of 77, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kanda, sargas 16–20 of 75, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Kishkindha Kanda, sargas 16–20 of 67, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Valmiki Ramayana, Sundara Kanda, sargas 16–20 of 68, told for each age.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
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