Mátali
Family: Gods · Role: charioteer · First appears: Book II, Canto 40 · Ráma’s Departure
Life events
- Indra sends Mátali to lend Ráma his chariot and weapons.(Book VI, Canto 103 · Indra’s Car)
- Rávaṇ strikes Mátali with a dart during the battle.(Book VI, Canto 103 · Indra’s Car)
- With: Rávaṇ
- “while the fierce king in swift career Smote with a dart the charioteer.”
- Rávaṇ reprimands Mátali for timidity and orders him to charge Ráma.(Book VI, Canto 103 · Indra’s Car)
- With: Rávaṇ
- “Rávaṇ severely reprimands his charioteer for timidity and want of confidence in his master’s prowess, and orders him to charge straight at Ráma on the next occasion.”
Book II, Canto 40 · Ráma’s Departure
- lord: Indra “As Mátali his charioteer Speaks for the Lord of Gods to hear,”
Book VI, Canto 103 · Indra’s Car
- lord: Indra “Then he whom heavenly hosts revere, Lord Indra, called his charioteer: “Haste, Mátali,” he cried, “descend; To Raghu’s son my chariot lend.”
- enemies with Rávaṇ (The charioteer is Mátali, who brought and drove Ráma’s chariot.) “While the fierce king in swift career Smote with a dart the charioteer.”
Book VI, Canto 114 · Vibhishan Consecrated
- lord: Indra “To Mátali, whom Indra sent, His head the son of Raghu bent:”
⭐ Constellation map → · 📖 Read the original → · 🗂 Character index → · 🕰 Chronicle → · 📍 Places →
Extracted from the original text of The Rámáyan of Válmíki. Made with Rho MD.