Ayodhya Kanda
अयोध्याकाण्डम्
The Book of Ayodhya
The preparation for Rama's coronation, Kaikeyi's demand for exile, Rama's 14-year banishment to the forest with Sita and Lakshmana, death of King Dasharatha, and Bharata's devotion.
Ayodhya Kanda (अयोध्याकाण्डम्, The Book of Ayodhya) is Kanda 2 of 7 in Maharishi Valmiki's Sanskrit Ramayana, comprising 119 sargas and 4,262 shlokas. The preparation for Rama's coronation, Kaikeyi's demand for exile, Rama's 14-year banishment to the forest with Sita and Lakshmana, death of King Dasharatha, and Bharata's devotion.
Every shloka below is presented in its original Sanskrit — rendered in Devanagari and, where available, transliterated into Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, and Malayalam scripts — with word-by-word meanings and English translations. Progressive prose translations in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, and Malayalam are rolling out Kanda by Kanda.
Chapters (Sargas)
50 shlokas
54 shlokas
49 shlokas
34 shlokas
26 shlokas
28 shlokas
36 shlokas
39 shlokas
66 shlokas
40 shlokas
29 shlokas
114 shlokas
26 shlokas
68 shlokas
49 shlokas
47 shlokas
22 shlokas
41 shlokas
40 shlokas
55 shlokas
63 shlokas
30 shlokas
40 shlokas
38 shlokas
47 shlokas
38 shlokas
23 shlokas
26 shlokas
24 shlokas
46 shlokas
35 shlokas
45 shlokas
31 shlokas
61 shlokas
34 shlokas
33 shlokas
37 shlokas
18 shlokas
41 shlokas
51 shlokas
21 shlokas
35 shlokas
21 shlokas
31 shlokas
33 shlokas
34 shlokas
19 shlokas
37 shlokas
18 shlokas
27 shlokas
27 shlokas
102 shlokas
35 shlokas
43 shlokas
34 shlokas
37 shlokas
34 shlokas
37 shlokas
38 shlokas
23 shlokas
27 shlokas
20 shlokas
53 shlokas
79 shlokas
29 shlokas
29 shlokas
38 shlokas
22 shlokas
21 shlokas
30 shlokas
46 shlokas
53 shlokas
28 shlokas
36 shlokas
64 shlokas
23 shlokas
26 shlokas
26 shlokas
17 shlokas
22 shlokas
16 shlokas
32 shlokas
26 shlokas
18 shlokas
22 shlokas
25 shlokas
23 shlokas
30 shlokas
22 shlokas
24 shlokas
83 shlokas
39 shlokas
27 shlokas
27 shlokas
19 shlokas
31 shlokas
31 shlokas
18 shlokas
42 shlokas
76 shlokas
9 shlokas
49 shlokas
32 shlokas
27 shlokas
46 shlokas
35 shlokas
19 shlokas
18 shlokas
39 shlokas
34 shlokas
32 shlokas
31 shlokas
24 shlokas
31 shlokas
27 shlokas
26 shlokas
27 shlokas
54 shlokas
22 shlokas