ॐVedika

111 sargas · Gita Press numbering

Uttara Kāṇḍa

Origins of Rāvaṇa, the reign of Rāma, Sītā's second exile and the end. Its place is debated within the tradition.

Uttara KāṇḍaVālmīki (primary text)In the text

The story, beat by beat

  1. The history of Rāvaṇa and his conquests
  2. The reign of Rāma
  3. Sītā is sent to the forest and shelters with Vālmīki
  4. Lava and Kuśa sing the Rāmāyaṇa at Rāma's sacrifice
  5. Sītā returns to the earth
  6. Rāma enters the waters of the Sarayū

Rāma sends the pregnant Sītā to the forest after hearing his people's talk, and they never live together again.

Primary text: Śrīmad Vālmīkīya Rāmāyaṇa, Gita Press, Gorakhpur. Later traditions and living-tradition associations are labelled as such. Return to the Rāmāyaṇa World.