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Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

वाल्मीकिरामायणम् — बालकाण्डम्

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

The Book of Childhood — birth, education, and marriage of Sri Rama

Itihasa

The Ramayana of Maharishi Valmiki is the adi-kavya — the first poem — composed in 24,000 shlokas across seven kandas. This collection presents the Bala Kanda (Book of Childhood) with 77 sargas (cantos).

Translator: M. N. Dutt (1894) and Ralph T. H. Griffith (1870–74), public domain — adaptedLicense: Public domain English (Dutt 1894 / Griffith 1870–74). Sanskrit verses are traditional and uncopyrighted.

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