Love and Death
Sri Aurobindo [1921]
Sri Aurobindo's narrative poem on the legend of Ruru and Priyumvada, in the spirit of the epics.
From the Sacred Library
The Transmigration of the Seven Brahmans
tr. Henry David Thoreau [1932]
From the Upanishads
by Charles Johnston [1896]
Hymns of the Atharva-Veda
tr. Maurice Bloomfield (SBE 42)
Vedic Hymns, Part II
tr. Hermann Oldenberg (SBE 46)
Vedic Hymns, Part I
tr. F. Max Müller (SBE 32)
The Song Celestial
tr. Sir Edwin Arnold [1885]
The great itihāsa epics and the Song of the Lord — dharma dramatised through timeless story.
Quick Facts
5 books
Sri Aurobindo [1921]
Sri Aurobindo's narrative poem on the legend of Ruru and Priyumvada, in the spirit of the epics.
tr. Sir Edwin Arnold [1883]
Sir Edwin Arnold's poetic retellings of episodes drawn from the Mahabharata and the epic tradition.
tr. Romesh C. Dutt [1899]
Romesh C. Dutt's condensed verse rendering of the two great epics of India.
parallel Unicode Devanagari & IAST
The full Sanskrit text of Valmiki's Ramayana, verse-by-verse in parallel Devanagari and IAST romanization.
tr. Ralph T. H. Griffith [1870–1874]
Valmiki's Ramayana in Griffith's complete English verse translation across all seven kandas.

The Mahabharata
tr. Kisari Mohan Ganguli
The Mahabharata in Sanskrit
Parallel Devanagari & Romanization · ed. Tokunaga · J.D. Smith

The Bhagavad Gita
tr. Swami Swarupananda · Sanskrit (IAST)
The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ
tr. Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (SBE 8)
The Song Celestial
tr. Sir Edwin Arnold [1885]
The great itihāsa epics and the Song of the Lord — dharma dramatised through timeless story.
Quick Facts
5 books
Sri Aurobindo [1921]
Sri Aurobindo's narrative poem on the legend of Ruru and Priyumvada, in the spirit of the epics.
tr. Sir Edwin Arnold [1883]
Sir Edwin Arnold's poetic retellings of episodes drawn from the Mahabharata and the epic tradition.
tr. Romesh C. Dutt [1899]
Romesh C. Dutt's condensed verse rendering of the two great epics of India.
parallel Unicode Devanagari & IAST
The full Sanskrit text of Valmiki's Ramayana, verse-by-verse in parallel Devanagari and IAST romanization.
tr. Ralph T. H. Griffith [1870–1874]
Valmiki's Ramayana in Griffith's complete English verse translation across all seven kandas.

The Mahabharata
tr. Kisari Mohan Ganguli
The Mahabharata in Sanskrit
Parallel Devanagari & Romanization · ed. Tokunaga · J.D. Smith

The Bhagavad Gita
tr. Swami Swarupananda · Sanskrit (IAST)
The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ
tr. Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (SBE 8)
The Song Celestial
tr. Sir Edwin Arnold [1885]