Aranya Kanda

The Book of the Forest

Life in the Dandaka forest, the golden deer, and the abduction of Sita by Ravana — the turning point of the epic.

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Chapters

1 22 verses

Sarga 1
2 26 verses

Sarga 2
3 26 verses

Sarga 3
4 32 verses

Sarga 4
5 43 verses

Sarga 5
6 26 verses

Sarga 6
7 24 verses

Sarga 7
8 20 verses

Sarga 8
9 33 verses

Sarga 9
10 23 verses

Sarga 10
11 93 verses

Sarga 11
12 37 verses

Sarga 12
13 27 verses

Sarga 13
14 35 verses

Sarga 14
15 31 verses

Sarga 15
16 43 verses

Sarga 16
17 30 verses

Sarga 17
18 26 verses

Sarga 18
19 26 verses

Sarga 19
20 25 verses

Sarga 20
21 22 verses

Sarga 21
22 26 verses

Sarga 22
23 35 verses

Sarga 23
24 37 verses

Sarga 24
25 42 verses

Sarga 25
26 38 verses

Sarga 26
27 20 verses

Sarga 27
28 33 verses

Sarga 28
29 28 verses

Sarga 29
30 41 verses

Sarga 30
31 50 verses

Sarga 31
32 25 verses

Sarga 32
33 24 verses

Sarga 33
34 27 verses

Sarga 34
35 42 verses

Sarga 35
36 24 verses

Sarga 36
37 25 verses

Sarga 37
38 33 verses

Sarga 38
39 25 verses

Sarga 39
40 27 verses

Sarga 40
41 20 verses

Sarga 41
42 35 verses

Sarga 42
43 50 verses

Sarga 43
44 27 verses

Sarga 44
45 40 verses

Sarga 45
46 37 verses

Sarga 46
47 50 verses

Sarga 47
48 24 verses

Sarga 48
49 41 verses

Sarga 49
50 27 verses

Sarga 50
51 46 verses

Sarga 51
52 44 verses

Sarga 52
53 26 verses

Sarga 53
54 30 verses

Sarga 54
55 37 verses

Sarga 55
56 36 verses

Sarga 56
57 24 verses

Sarga 57
58 19 verses

Sarga 58
59 27 verses

Sarga 59
60 38 verses

Sarga 60
61 32 verses

Sarga 61
62 21 verses

Sarga 62
63 20 verses

Sarga 63
64 75 verses

Sarga 64
65 16 verses

Sarga 65
66 19 verses

Sarga 66
67 29 verses

Sarga 67
68 38 verses

Sarga 68
69 51 verses

Sarga 69
70 18 verses

Sarga 70
71 33 verses

Sarga 71
72 27 verses

Sarga 72
73 45 verses

Sarga 73
74 35 verses

Sarga 74
75 30 verses

Sarga 75