Barvai Ramayan

Barvai Ramayan’ is an abridged version of the famous epic known as the Ramayana which narrates the story of Lord Ram, a human incarnation of the Supreme Being. It consists of sixty-nine 2-line verses composed in the poetic style known as Barvai Chand in Indian literature.

Sundar Kaand

Whenever the fire representing the agonies, sorrows and grief of separation (from Lord Ram) is ignited afresh in my heart, then each time these two enemy-like eyes of mine pour water-like tears to douse the flame. (This prevents me from finding liberation and deliverance from my miseries, torments and grief by burning to death. To wit, if I stop crying, perhaps it would be easier for me to die.)

(Alluding to the soothing moonlight, she says—) ‘This moonlight that spreads over the world during the night is not cool, comforting and soothing for me as it should ordinarily be. It is rather like the scorching sunlight of the day. The whole world appears to be on fire for me without Lord Sri Ram.’

(Addressing Hanuman, Sita says—) ‘Hanuman! There is no hope of my surviving any longer. You can see it for yourself that my finger-ring has become like a bracelet.

(Sita continues to lament when she says—) ‘Lord Sri Ram's glories, invincibility, power, the strength of his arms and matchless valour are famous and well known in all the eras of time known as the four Yugas. But seeing the demons and their strength and valour as well as the way they have managed to abduct and hold me captive in a fearless manner, and the way they spread terror and horrify the world with impunity, it appears to me that there is darkness all over the world.

(Upon his return to Kishkindha, Hanuman reported to Lord Ram and described the misery of Sita as follows—) ‘How can I describe the anguish, sorrow, grief, troubles and tribulations of Sita? Kamdev (cupid) constantly pierces her with arrows made of flowers (i.e. she is consistently suffering from the agonies that arise from her separation from you).’

(Hanuman continued to describe the miserable condition of Sita in a very poignant manner—) ‘When the moonlight of a winter's full moon spreads in all the directions, then it appears like the scorching light of the mid-day sun to her. Thinking that the moon is like the patron god of her family (i.e. she begins to treat the moon as the ‘sun’), she prays to it and beseeches it to somehow extricate her from her ordeals and allow her freedom from her wretched and miserable condition by letting her burn herself to death).’

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