Ramàiana
- Idioma:
- anglès
- Completesa:
- Obra completa
- Autoria:
- Atribuïda (autoria debatuda)
- Estat del text:
- Text net · 14 passatges il·legibles, exclosos de les respostes
- Extensió:
- ~510.000 paraules · 2.412 passatges
Cita aquesta obra
- APARamayana. (n.d.). Ramàiana. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/ramayana/the-ramayan-of-valmiki-griffith
- MLARamayana. "Ramàiana." SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/ramayana/the-ramayan-of-valmiki-griffith.
- ChicagoRamayana. Ramàiana. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/ramayana/the-ramayan-of-valmiki-griffith.
De què tracta
L'epopeia sànscrita de Rama atribuïda a Valmiki: el desterrament, el rapte de Sita per Ravana i la guerra per recobrar-la.
Context i història
Aquesta és la traducció en vers de Ralph T. H. Griffith, publicada entre 1870 i 1874. El Ramayana no té un text únic: se n'han transmès diverses recensions —del nord, de Bengala, del sud— que no diuen exactament el mateix, i Griffith en tradueix una. Per citar amb precisió cal saber de quina recensió es parla.
Context editorial, no una font citable: a diferència dels passatges de l'obra, aquestes dades no es poden contrastar amb el corpus.
BOOK I.3 CANTO I. NARAD.* To sainted Narad, prince of those Whose lore in words of wisdom flosvs, Whose constant care and chief delight Were Scripture and ascetic rite, The good Valmiki, first and best 1 Comparison with the Ganges is implied, that river being called the purifier of the world. 2 'This name may have been given to the father of Valmiki allegorically. If we look at the derivation of the word (pra, before, and chetas, mind) it is as if the poet were called the son of Prometheus, the Forethinker.' SCHLEQEL. 3 Called in Sanskrit also Bdla-Kdnda, and in Hindi Bdl-Kdnd, i. e. the Book describing Rama's childhood, bdla mean- ing a boy up to his sixteenth year. 4 A divine saint, son of Brahma. He is the eloquent messenger of the Gods, a musician of exquisite skill, and the in- ventor of the vind or Indian lute. He bears a strong resemblance to Hermes or Mercury. 3 This mystic syllable, said to typify the supreme Deity, the Gods collectively, the Vedas, the three spheres of the world, the three holy fires, the three steps of Vishnu etc., prefaces the prayers and most venerated writings of the Hindus. TIIE RAM AY AN. Hook 1. TIIE RAM AY AN. Hook 1. Of hcnr.it sa'"nta, these words addressed:1 * In a:i tlii.s -.vor'id, 1 pray tiiee, wiio Js virtuous, heroic, true ? Firm in his vows, of grateful mind, To every creature good and kind ? Bounteous, and holy, just, and wise, Alone most fair to all men's eyes? Devoid of envy, firm, and sage, Whose tranquil soul ne'er yields to rage? "Whom, when his warrior wrath is high, Do Gods embattled fear and fly ?…