On the mountain Mahendra, before the leap.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Matching stories: 37
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
Rama and Sita inside.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
A brahmin's greeting under the Rishyamukha hill.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Hanuman Chalisa, chaupai 1–4
From the original text · Hanuman Chalisa
How Hanuman was born to Anjana and the wind.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Hanuman Chalisa, chaupai 5–8
From the original text · Hanuman Chalisa

Even small help matters.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Hanuman Chalisa, chaupai 9–12
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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
Hanuman Chalisa, chaupai 13–16
From the original text · Hanuman Chalisa
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
Hanuman Chalisa, chaupai 17–20
From the original text · Hanuman Chalisa
Why Hanuman cannot be hurt by wind, water or fire.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Sita under the shimshapa tree.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
A flight over Ayodhya on the way back with the mountain.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Hanuman Chalisa, chaupai 21–24
From the original text · Hanuman Chalisa
The rishis' gentle curse.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
The messenger who ran ahead.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Hanuman Chalisa, chaupai 25–28
From the original text · Hanuman Chalisa
Reading while flying backwards.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Hanuman Chalisa, chaupai 29–32
From the original text · Hanuman Chalisa
And what he did with it.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Why he bit every pearl.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Hanuman Chalisa, chaupai 33–36
From the original text · Hanuman Chalisa
A friendship made under a tree.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Seen, I have seen Sita.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
As long as Rama's name is spoken.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Hanuman Chalisa, chaupai 37–40
From the original text · Hanuman Chalisa
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