Character

Mandodari

मन्दोदरीMandodarī

verses
132
books
11
chapters
34
Consort of
Ravana

What the texts say

In the Ramayana, Mandodari is the favored queen of the inner palace, and her husband is Ravana, foremost of the rakshasas. Ramayana 5.10.51, 6.7.9 The Sri Ramcharitmanas names her as the daughter of Maya, a demon builder, who gave her to Ravana. Ramcharitmanas 1.18.371 She is also the mother of the warrior Indrajit, who fights from his chariot in the Ramayana. Ramayana 6.90.43 In the Ramayana, when Rama slays Ravana, Mandodari laments over him and recalls how she had urged him not to act in hostility toward Rama. Ramayana 6.114.2, 6.114.21

Where to read

Every verse that names Mandodari, book by book.

  1. Ramayana

    79 verses · 8 chapters

    All 79 verses in the Ramayana
    • 6.114.2

      Mandodari ne apne pati Dashagriva ko Ram ke haathon mara hua dekha. Ram ke kya kaam hain, koi soch bhi nahi sakta. Wahan Mandodari badi dukhi hui aur rone lagi.

    • 5.10.51

      Bandar wahan Mandodari ko dekhta hai, wo so rahi hai. Chamak rahi hai, sona jaisi, aur moti-nag ke gehnon se saj ke. Jaise uski apni chamak se mahal saja ho. Wo andar ki rani thi, sabse badi.

    • 5.58.76

      Mandodari ne pyaar se bola. Bola ki tumhara dum to Indra jaisa hai. Tumhe Sita ki kya zaroorat hai? Tum apna kaam karo.

  2. Ramcharitmanas

    33 verses · 10 chapters

    All 33 verses in the Ramcharitmanas
    • 6.11.236

      Mandodari ne apne pati ke sir dekhe, to behosh hoke zameen par gir padi. Jawani ladkiyan ka jhund uthkar rone laga, unhone use uthaya aur Ravan ke paas le gayi. Apne swami ki halat dekhkar woh chillane lagi, baal bikhar gaye, shareer par…

    • 1.18.371

      Brahma ne un sabhi ko vardan de diya aur wahan se chala gaya. Sab khushi khushi apne apne ghar aa gaye. Maya ki ek beti thi jiska naam Mandodari tha. Woh bahut hi khoobsurat aurat thi. Maya ne use Ravan ke paas laakar de diya, kyunki usko…

    • 5.1.19

      Hanuman ped ke patto mein chhip gaya. Sochne laga, bhai, kya karu? Usi waqt Ravan wahan aaya. Bahut saari auratein saath mein, sab khub saja ke. Us harami ne Sita ko bahut tarah se samjhaya. Kabhi pyar se, kabhi tohfe dekar, kabhi…

  3. Devi Bhagavatam

    7 verses · 5 chapters

    • 3.28.53

      Vyas ne kaha. Jab usne yeh baat suni to Sita ne jawab diya. Usne socha ki Mandodari ka pati koi bada sadhu hai. Bhagwan ki marzi thi, isliye woh galat samajh gayi.

    • 5.16.65

      Dekho Mandodari ka example. Usne accha raja chhoda, apne haath ka pati chhoda. Phir jab uska dil pagal ho gaya, toh usne ek dhokhebaaz pati apna liya. Aise hi tum bhi galat faisla mat lo.

    • 9.1.132

      Mandodari aur Kausalya bhi hain. Subhadra bhi, aur Kauravi bhi. Revati aur Satyabhama ka naam bhi hai. Kalindi aur Lakshmana bhi is group mein hain.

  4. Skanda Purana

    4 verses · 3 chapters

    • 1.2.60.61

      Phir woh dono khubsurat jungle mein aur nadiyon ke kinare ghoomne lage. Bhaimi uske saath masti karti thi. Jaise Ravan Mandodari ke saath rehta tha, waise hi yeh dono the.

    • 5.3.35.9

      Uska naam Mandodari hai, sab jaante hain. Pati ke liye woh tapasya kar rahi hai. Bhagwan Shankar, Uma ke piye, ki woh puja kar rahi hai.

    • 5.3.83.7

      Kumbhakarn ne roka use, Vibhishan ne bhi bola. Mandodari baar baar kehti thi, Sita ko chhod de, chhod de.

Also named in

Key chapters

The chapters where Mandodari matters most.

  1. Ravana’s Funeral Rites and the Ethics of Post-War Conduct

    Ramayana 6.114 · 65 verses

    Principal voice of lament

  2. This sopāna is the stair of Dharma’s decisive victory: the seeker confronts māyā (illusion), rāga (attachment), and ahaṅkāra (Rāvaṇa’s ten-headed pride). Liberation here is not mere conquest but the p

    Ramcharitmanas 6.11 · 7 verses

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