Rāmāyaṇa
- Lingua:
- inglese
- Stato:
- Opera completa
- Autorialità:
- Attribuita (paternità dibattuta)
- Stato del testo:
- Con errori di scansione (misura automatica su tutto il testo, non verificata a mano) · 14 passi illeggibili, esclusi dalle risposte
- Estensione:
- ~510.000 parole · 2412 passi
Cita quest'opera
- APARāmāyaṇa. (n.d.). The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith) [Rāmāyaṇa]. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/it/works/ramayana/the-ramayan-of-valmiki-griffith
- MLARāmāyaṇa. The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith) [Rāmāyaṇa]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/it/works/ramayana/the-ramayan-of-valmiki-griffith.
- ChicagoRāmāyaṇa. The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith) [Rāmāyaṇa]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/it/works/ramayana/the-ramayan-of-valmiki-griffith.
Riferimento dell'edizione che SigPhi riproduce: SigPhi ne è la riproduzione digitale, non l'editore. L'anno dell'edizione non figura nei metadati (da qui «n.d.») e il traduttore compare solo quando è noto.
Di che cosa tratta
L'epopea sanscrita di Rama attribuita a Valmiki: l'esilio, il rapimento di Sita da parte di Ravana e la guerra per riprenderla.
Contesto e storia
Questa è la traduzione in versi di Ralph T. H. Griffith, pubblicata fra il 1870 e il 1874. Il Ramayana non ha un testo unico: sono giunte diverse recensioni — settentrionale, bengalese, meridionale — che non dicono esattamente la stessa cosa, e Griffith ne traduce una. Citare con precisione richiede di sapere di quale recensione si parla.
Contesto editoriale, non una fonte citabile: a differenza dei passi dell'opera, questi dati non si possono verificare sul corpus.
But honouring the high decree "Which Brahma2 had pronounced of yore, He calmly all their insults bore, The town he burnt with hostile flame, And spoke again with Kama's dame, Then swiftly back to Kama flew With tidings of the interview. Then with Sugriva for his guide, Came Kama to the ocean side. He smote tiie sea with shafts as bright As sunbeams in their summer height, And quick appeared the Rivers' King3 Obedient to the summoning. A bridge was thrown by Nala o'er The narrow sea from shore to shore.4 They crossed to Lanka's golden town, Where Kama's hand smote Kavan down. Vibhishan there was left to reign Over his brother's wide domain. To meet her husband Sita came ; But Kama, stung with ire and shame, With bitter words his wife addressed Before the crowd that round her pressed. But Sita, touched with noble ire, Gave her fair body to the tire. Then straight the God of Wind appeared, And words from heaven her honour cleared. And Rama clasped his wife again, Uninjured, pure from spot and stain, Obedient to the Lord of Fire And the high mandate of his sire. Led by the Lord who rules the sky, The Gods arid heavenly saints drew nigh, And honoured him with worthy meed, Rejoicing in each glorious deed. His task achieved, his foe removed, 1 The Jonesia Asoka is a most beautiful tree bearing a profusion of red blossoms. 58 Brahma, the Creator, is usually re- garded as tiie first Gool of the Indian' Tri- nity, although, as Kalidasa says : * Of Brahma, Vishnu, $iva, each may be First, second , third, amid the blessed Three. Brahma had guaranteed Kavan's lift against all enemies except man. 3 Ocean personified.…