The Ramayana: A Prose Abridgment of Valmiki

By Valmiki Agni Sharma

The Ramayana is one of the world's great stories, told on an immense scale.
Traditionally attributed to the poet Valmiki, the Sanskrit epic extends to about 24,000 verses across seven books.

Much of it is composed in measured couplets known as shlokas, with a rhythm suited to recitation. Its unfolding story embraces sacred teachings, family histories, ritual, legend and long descriptions: a vast poetic world that complete English translations often carry through several volumes.

This edition opens a more direct path into that world. It gathers the central narrative into fifty chapters of contemporary English prose, shortening repeated speeches, catalogues and secondary episodes so that the people, their choices and the consequences remain in view. The purpose is to make a first encounter absorbing and accessible to readers of every background, while keeping the story's sacred setting and moral difficulties intact.

Here a prince gives up a throne to honour his father's word. Sita faces captivity with courage and an uncompromising voice.
Hanuman crosses the ocean on a mission whose success rests on judgment as much as strength. Love sustains extraordinary acts; promises divide families; victory brings questions that power alone cannot answer. There is wonder and adventure, but also tenderness, grief and the painful cost of duty.

This abridgment offers the pleasure of following a great story from its first hopes to its final consequences, in language that lets the reader enter it and keep reading.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HNGSN8RL
• ISBN13: 9798163317370
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"