All 26 Uses of

expel

in

The Ramayana

The power and might thou knowest well, Should from thy breast all doubt expel.†
Book 2

…sobs her utterance broke, Her very righteous speech she spoke: "Can he, a stranger yet to pain, Whose pleasant words all hearts enchain, Son of the king and me the queen, Live on the grain his hands may glean; Can he, whose slaves and menials eat The finest cakes of sifted wheat— Can Ráma in the forest live On roots and fruit which woodlands give; Who will believe, who will not fear When the sad story smites his ear, That one so dear, so noble held, Is by the king his sire expelled?†
Book 2

If Queen Kaikeyí's treacherous sin, Our lord expelled, the kingdom win, We heed not sons or golden store, Our life itself we prize no more.†
Book 2

What can he do, in feeble eld, Reft of all aid and me expelled, His soul enslaved by love, a thrall Obedient to Kaikeyí's call?†
Book 2

Full answer to my questions give, For I on thy replies shall live, As with the saints Yayáti held Sweet converse, from the skies expelled.†
Book 2

Shall he whose mandate could expel The virtuous Ráma, loved so well, To whom his subjects' fond hearts cling— Shall he in spite of them be king?"†
Book 2

His dear companions, swift to trace The signs of anguish on his face, Drew near, his sorrow to expel, And pleasant tales began to tell.†
Book 2

And he who was our lordly stay Roams in the forest far away, Expelled by this my mother, who To duty's law is most untrue."†
Book 2

His is the right, if he deem fit, To bid me, throned as monarch, sit, Or in a coat of bark expel, And deerskin, in the wood to dwell.†
Book 2

Though Bharat on the throne is set, Her greedy eyes look farther yet: Me from my home she dared expel, Me whom all creatures loved so well.†
Book 3

Thou slain, and all thy race who held The realm of Janasthán expelled, Again shall happy hermits rove, Fearing no danger, through the grove.†
Book 3

Ah foolish lady, seeming wise In thine own weak and partial eyes, By what fair graces art thou held To Ráma from his realm expelled?†
Book 3

What wilt thou do with Ráma, him Whose days are short, whose light is dim, Expelled from home and royal sway, Who treads on foot his weary way?†
Book 3

Her faith to me she nobly held Though from my realm and home expelled,— A hermit, nursed on woodland fare,— She followed still and soothed my care.†
Book 3

The solitary bird he eyed Who in the lone wood gasped and sighed, And as again his anguish woke Thus Ráma to his brother spoke: "Expelled from power the woods I tread, My spouse is lost, the bird is dead.†
Book 3

A banished prince, in fear and woe He roams where Pampá's waters flow, True offspring of the Lord of Light Expelled by Báli's conquering might.†
Book 3

He, Dasaratha's eldest born Whom gifts above the rest adorn, Lord of each high imperial sign,(552) The glory of his kingly line, Reft of his right, expelled from home, Came forth with me the woods to roam.†
Book 4

Ah noble Vánar, doomed to pay The penalty of all today— Sugríva from his home expelled, And Rumá(601) from his arms withheld.†
Book 4

Then Ráma roamed the country round, And a firm friend, Sugríva, found, Lord of the Vánar race, expelled From his own realm which Báli held, He conquered Báli and restored The kingdom to the rightful lord.†
Book 5

My breast with tender pity swelled: I saw thee from thy home expelled, Reft of all princely state, forlorn, A hapless wanderer travel-worn, Firm in thy purpose to fulfil Thy duty and thy father's will.†
Book 6

Definition:

(expel)
force out
especially in 2 primary senses:
- kicking someone out of an organization -- such as a school or country
- squeezing something to eliminate a liquid or gas