Sri Ramayana

Ramayana is the sky; Rama is in its blue, All across the space, in the light of truth. Ramayana is the cloud and Rama is the rain, Of wisdom in life between pleasure and pain. Ramayana is a river; Rama is the boat, To float from banks of evil, to the divine shore. Ramayana is the ocean with lessons in the deep, Rama is the salt in the food that we eat. Ramayana is the fire where Rama is the flame, Burns the evil desire, 'Ravana' is the name. In the wind of life, Ramayana is the breeze, Where Rama is 'virtue'- the air that we breathe. The object of this work on 'Ramayana', is to place before the general reader, the leading story of the Epic in a poetic format. A simple style of expression is maintained to keep it attractive for the youngsters to read and comprehend easily. This version is sufficient for the youngsters to be inspired to explore into the interpretations of the epic as given in many versions, in different languages by many poets and pundits of the past and scholars of the present and the future. This version does not detail the Uttra Kanda which as per legend is not written by 'Valmiki' who has written the other parts. Rama's coronation is the last part of Yuddha Kanda where we stop and stay.