E-book, Valmiki-Ramayan in English

*The RMYAN of VLMKI*

*Translated into English Verse*

*by*

Ralph T. H. Griffith, M.A.

Principal of the Benares College

London: Trbner & Co.

Benares: E. J. Lazarus and Co.

1870-1874
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Can be downloaded at given link, in pdf,txt or html.
this is under "Project Gutenberg"

link..
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24869
(i can post now,, i got 25+posts )
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Sample:

Canto III. The Guardian Goddess.


There from the circling rampart's height
He gazed upon the wondrous sight;
Broad gates with burnished gold displayed,
And courts with turkises inlaid;
With gleaming silver, gems, and rows
Of crystal stairs and porticoes.
In semblance of a Rkshas dame
The city's guardian Goddess came,--
For she with glances sure and keen
The entrance of a foe had seen,--
And thus with fury in her eye
Addressed him with an angry cry:
"Who art thou? what has led thee, say,
Within these walls to find thy way?
Thou mayst not enter here in spite
Of Rvan and his warriors' might."
"And who art thou?" the Vnar cried,
By form and frown unterrified,
"Why hast thou met me by the gate,
And chid me thus infuriate?"

He ceased: and Lank made reply:
"The guardian of the town am I,
Who watch for ever to fulfil
My lord the Rkshas monarch's will.
But thou shalt fall this hour, and deep
Shall be thy never-ending sleep."

Again he spake: "In spite of thee
This golden city will I see.
Her gates and towers, and all the pride
Of street and square from side to side,
And freely wander where I please
Amid her groves of flowering trees;
On all her beauties sate mine eye.
Then, as I came, will homeward hie."

Swift with an angry roar she smote
With her huge hand the Vnar's throat.
The smitten Vnar, rage-impelled,
With fist upraised the monster felled:
But quick repented, stirred with shame
And pity for a vanquished dame,
When with her senses troubled, weak
With terror, thus she strove to speak:
"O spare me thou whose arm is strong:
O spare me, and forgive the wrong.
The brave that law will ne'er transgress
That spares a woman's helplessness.
Hear, best of Vnars, brave and bold,
What Brahm's self of yore foretold;
"Beware," he said, "the fatal hour
When thou shalt own a Vnar's power.
Then is the giants' day of fear,
For terror and defeat are near."
Now, Vnar chief, o'ercome by thee,
I own the truth of heaven's decree.
For St's sake will ruin fall
On Rvan, and his town, and all."

Thanks for the website. will check in to it.

i will send the link to sita11,
she will add that in her first post..

i am not allowed to post any link now.

I think, he wrote that in english-poetry, line by line of original ramayana.

but i don't have original.
so if anyone has original. pls tell us atleast abt the sample.

yessssssssss :-)

now i can add the links too.

(it seems ,in past, few ppl came to this forum, just to advertise their sites, so maybe admin doesn't allow anyone who has less than 26 posts).

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I liked this book, it is really difficult to write that in English-poetry.
i don't have original Valmiki's ramayan. so someone please check, whether he did this english poetry, line by line.
Bcoz making line by line poetry of given poem is more difficult.

Same is available to read online too..

http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rama/index.htm