Valmiki Ramayana Vol. 1

Good Translation

Great Read so far. The translation is very well done and readable. I will go ahead and buy the rest of the two books to complete the collection.Foot notes are really well thought out and helpful in giving more context regarding the sanskrit words, people, explaining various relationships within the story.This might not be the appropriate place to ask this but since I did not find a way to ask this question as i did not find a Q&A section for this product so including it in my review here.. Can anyone confirm the number pages the paper back edition has ? It is listed as 512 pages on the product page but the paper back edition I received has around 410 odd pages: 380 pages with actual story, rest 30 odd pages with foreword, preface etc..,The Kindle edition is also listed to have 512 pages. Is this a misprint on the product page ? It would be great if anyone can confirm this.

Good enough but inaccurate in places. Helpful to read it comparing with some other translation in verses that you may have some doubt about.

A perfect translation and a perfect piece of our history.A great work of Rishi Valmiki and a great work done by Bibek debroy.So nice to read it

Thoroughly enjoyed reading this version by Bibek Debroy Ji. It seems very authentic and very well researched and the footnotes just does the trick. Looking forward to reading the other works by the author. Thank you for this. Beautiful and fast read.