Bala Kanda
बालकाण्डम्
The Book of Youth
The birth of Rama, his education under sage Vishwamitra, slaying of demons Tadaka and Subahu, breaking of Shiva's bow, and marriage to Sita.
Bala Kanda (बालकाण्डम्, The Book of Youth) is Kanda 1 of 7 in Maharishi Valmiki's Sanskrit Ramayana, comprising 77 sargas and 2,217 shlokas. The birth of Rama, his education under sage Vishwamitra, slaying of demons Tadaka and Subahu, breaking of Shiva's bow, and marriage to Sita.
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)
100 shlokas
43 shlokas
38 shlokas
31 shlokas
23 shlokas
28 shlokas
22 shlokas
24 shlokas
19 shlokas
31 shlokas
30 shlokas
21 shlokas
37 shlokas
57 shlokas
33 shlokas
32 shlokas
35 shlokas
58 shlokas
21 shlokas
27 shlokas
21 shlokas
23 shlokas
22 shlokas
32 shlokas
21 shlokas
36 shlokas
26 shlokas
20 shlokas
31 shlokas
24 shlokas
24 shlokas
26 shlokas
26 shlokas
23 shlokas
24 shlokas
27 shlokas
32 shlokas
24 shlokas
25 shlokas
29 shlokas
26 shlokas
25 shlokas
41 shlokas
22 shlokas
44 shlokas
23 shlokas
22 shlokas
33 shlokas
22 shlokas
23 shlokas
28 shlokas
23 shlokas
25 shlokas
23 shlokas
28 shlokas
24 shlokas
21 shlokas
24 shlokas
22 shlokas
34 shlokas
22 shlokas
28 shlokas
26 shlokas
20 shlokas
36 shlokas
26 shlokas
27 shlokas
19 shlokas
18 shlokas
43 shlokas
24 shlokas
25 shlokas
37 shlokas
25 shlokas
28 shlokas
24 shlokas
30 shlokas