Indra in the Ramcharitmanas

Next I sincerely bow to the company of the wicked, who, without any cause, turn against even those who are favourable to them. Another's good is their loss, and another's gain their harm; they find joy in another's ruin and dwell in sorrow…

Hear my words and devise a remedy; the Lord will be your helper, and it will come to pass. Sati, who gave up her body at Daksha's sacrifice, has been born in the house of Himalaya. She has performed austerities to win Shambhu as her…

In the Himalaya there was a cave, exceedingly holy, and near it flowed the lovely river of the gods, the Ganga. The hermitage was supremely pure and beautiful, and the divine sage Narada was greatly delighted at the sight of it. As he…

As a foolish dog, seeing the king of beasts, runs off with a dry bone in its mouth, fearing the lion will snatch it away, so the dullard Indra, lord of the gods, felt no shame.

No anger arose in Narada's mind; he spoke kind words and comforted Kama. Bowing his head at the sage's feet and taking his leave, Madana then departed with his companions. He went to the court of Indra, the lord of the gods, and described…

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…

There had lived mighty demon warriors, but the gods had slain them all in battle. Now there dwelt, sent by Indra, ten million guards belonging to the lord of the Yakshas. Somewhere Ravana got word of this; he arrayed his army, went, and…

The king shone beside Vasishtha just as Indra shines beside Brihaspati, the preceptor of the gods. The king performed the customs of the family and the rites prescribed by the Vedas, and seeing that everything was arranged well in every…

Of the splendid horse on which Rama rode, not even Sarada could describe the beauty. Shankara was enamored of Rama's beauty, and his fifteen eyes seemed to him exceedingly dear. When Hari looked on Rama with affection, Vishnu, the Lord of…

The smoke of incense turned the sky dark, as though the rainy month of Savan had gathered its thick and swelling clouds. The gods rained down garlands of flowers from the trees of paradise, as though rows of cranes were drawing the heart…

Knowing that the Lord was asleep, Lakshmana rose, and speaking gentle words, bade the minister go to sleep. Then, a little way off, he made ready his arrows and bow, and sitting in the heroic posture, began to keep watch. Guha called…

There were many kinds of cloths, pillows and mattresses, soft, spotless and lovely, white as the froth of milk. On such a bed Sita and Rama used to sleep at night, and with their own beauty they put to shame the pride of Rati and Kamadeva.…

I have seen the splendor and pleasures of my father's house, where the jewelled crowns of kings crowd about his footstool. Such is my father's house, a treasury of happiness, yet without my beloved it does not please my mind, not even by…

Rama, with Lakshmana and Sita, shone in the leaf-thatched hut, as Indra dwells in the city of the immortals with Shachi and his son Jayanta.

That hermit is to be pitied who abandons austerity and takes delight in pleasures. Pity the slanderer and the man who is angry without cause, who is hostile to his mother, his father, his teacher and his kinsmen. In every way he is to be…

Those who set aside all thought of right and wrong and obey their father's word become vessels of happiness and good renown, and they dwell in the palace of Indra, the lord of the immortals.

Seeing the lovely bed of kusha grass, Bharata went round it and bowed to it. He touched to his eyes the dust bearing the marks of the feet; the abundance of his love cannot be told. He saw two or four golden spangles, and kept them on his…

Seeing the grass bed of Sita, that devoted wife who regards her husband as her god, the jewel among good women, my heart does not burst and break with anguish; it is surely harder than the thunderbolt (the weapon of Indra).

When Bharata beheld the sage's power, all the realms of the guardians of the worlds seemed to him petty. The abundance of comforts could not be described; at the sight of it even the wise forgot their detachment. There were seats, couches…

Along the road there were countless beings, both inanimate and animate, those upon whom the Lord had gazed and those who had gazed upon the Lord. All of them had become fit for the supreme state, and the sight of Bharata now cured them of…