Mandodari in the Ramcharitmanas

After granting boons to them, Brahma departed, and they returned to their own homes, rejoicing. Maya had a daughter named Mandodari, a woman of supreme beauty, the very jewel of her sex. Maya brought her and gave her to Ravana, knowing…

Hanuman remained hidden among the leaves of the tree, and considered: "Brother, what shall I do?" At that moment Ravana came there, richly adorned, with many women in his train. In many ways the wretch tried to persuade Sita, showing her…

Sita, you have insulted me. I will cut off your head with my keen sword. Otherwise, fair-faced one, obey my words at once; if not, you will lose your life. Sita answered: "O Ten-necked one, my Lord's arms are beautiful like a garland of…

There in Lanka the demons lived in fear, ever since the monkey had burned the city and gone. Each in his own house they all took counsel: there is no deliverance for the race of the demons. "The strength of whose messenger cannot be…

The arrows of Rama are like a host of serpents, and the horde of demons are like frogs. Until the arrows swallow them up, make an effort, and give up your obstinacy.

The wicked Ravana, famed throughout the world for his pride, heard her words with his own ears and laughed. "It is true that a woman's nature is timid; even in good fortune her mind is utterly weak with fear." "If the army of monkeys…

Then, reflecting on his own agitation, Ravana laughed aloud and went to his palace, his heart full of fear and bewilderment. Mandodari heard that the Lord had come, and that he had bridged the ocean as though in sport. Taking her husband…

Hand Janaki over to Rama and bow your head at his lotus feet; then entrust the kingdom to your son, go to the forest, and worship the Lord of the Raghus.

My lord, Rama, the Lord of the Raghus, is compassionate to the humble; even a tiger does not devour one who comes face to face with it. All that ought to be done you have already done and finished; you have conquered the gods, the demons…

Having spoken thus, with her eyes filled with tears and her body trembling, she clasped his feet and said: "My lord, worship Rama, the Lord of the Raghus, so that my married state may remain unshaken."

Then Ravana raised Mandodari, the daughter of Maya, from the ground, and the wretch began to boast of his own power. "Listen, my beloved: you have taken fright for nothing. Who in the world is a warrior equal to me? Varuna, Kubera, the…

"Look, Vibhishana, to the southern quarter: the clouds are massed thick and dark, and the lightning plays among them. The dreadful cloud thunders softly and sweetly. Could it be that rain will fall, or hard hailstones?" Vibhishana said…

There was no tremor of the earth, nor any great wind, and their eyes had seen no arrow or weapon of any kind. All of them pondered in their own hearts: this was a terrible omen, fearful and exceedingly grave. Seeing that the assembly had…

Believe my words: the Jewel of the Raghu line is the Universal Form, in each and every limb of whom the Vedas picture the worlds.

His feet are the nether world, his head is the abode of Brahma, and the other worlds find their rest in his several limbs. The play of his brows is dreadful Death; his eyes are the sun, and his hair is a garland of clouds. His nostrils are…

Shiva is his egoism, Brahma his intellect, the moon his mind, and the Great Principle his thought. Such is the Lord Rama, the Blessed One, who took human form and is the form of all things moving and unmoving. Considering this, listen…

He laughed as he heard his wife's words with his ears: "Ah, how mighty is the power of delusion!" "All say it is true of woman's nature that eight faults always dwell in her heart: rashness, falsehood, fickleness, deceit, fear, lack of…

Having crushed the strength of the enemy, Angada, the son of Bali and a mass of strength, rejoiced; his body thrilled, his eyes filled with tears, and he clasped the lotus feet of Rama. Seeing that it was evening, Ravana went to his palace…

"My husband, consider in your mind and give up this evil counsel. It does not become you to fight against the Lord of the Raghus. Rama's younger brother drew a slender line, and you could not cross even that: such is your manhood! My…

He who slew Viradha, Khara and Dushana, and killed Kabandha as though in sport, and struck down Bali with a single arrow: know him, O Ten-headed one, to be that same Rama.