This is the third volume of a planned seven volume translation of India`s most
beloved and influential epic tale-the Ramayana of Valmiki. This third volume
carries forward the narrative by following the exiled hero Rama his wife and his
brother on their wanderings. The book contains the narrative center of the epic
the abduction of Sita by the demon king Ravana. It provides a profound meditaion
on the paradox of the hero as both human and divine.