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Jai
Sri Ram Sri Ramcharitmanas
("The Lake of the Deeds of Rama"), an epic poem composed in Awadhi
by by the 16th-century Indian poet, Goswami Tulsidas (c.1532?1623), is devoted
to Lord Rama. It is popularly called as Tulsi-krita
Ramayana and is well known amongst the Hindi speaking people of
India and elsewhere. It is considered one of the greatest works of Hindi
literature. Many of the verses and phrases of this epic have passed into
common speech. Tulsidas started
writing Sri Ramcharitmanas in Vikram Samvat 1631 (1574 CE) in Ayodhya and
completed it in two years and seven months. A large portion of this epic was composed
at Varanasi, where the poet spent most of his later life. Sri Ramcharitmanas consists of seven
chapters or Adhyaya. The chapters have quatrains called chaupais, broken by dohas or couplets and have occasional sortha and chhand. The first Chapter is Bala Kand. It tells
about the importance of the name Ram of the Lord Ram, how the story
of Lord Ram is propogated through the ages, who told whom and how
Tulsidas got this story, about the reasons of incarnation of the Lord on
earth, the marriage of Shiv & Parvati and the childhood of Lord Ram. It
concludes with the marriage ceremony of the Lord Ram and his 3 brothers. The
first chapter is the largest of the seven chapters. The second chapter is Ayodhya Kand. It
tells about sending of Lord Ram to forest for 14 years, the event on way to
Chitrakoot, life at Chitrakoot, meeting with his younger brother Bharat and
all the citizens of Ayodhya and reasons of leaving Chitrakoot for denser
areas of the forest. Together, the first and second chapter form half volume
of this great epic. The third chapter is Aranya Kand. It gives
a glimps of life of Lord Ram along with his wife Sita and brother Lakshman in
forest, meeting with sages, devotees and earning of Astra & Shastra
(divine weapons) from Gautam rishi, the life at Panchavati, the stealing of
Lord Ram's wife Sita by the demon king Ravana, and the search process of Sita
by Lord Ram and his brother Lakshmana. The fourth chapter is about meeting of Ram
with monkey king Sugreev, their friendship, the vow of Sugreev to find Sita,
fight of Sugreev with his brother Baali, the throning in of Sugreev as king
of Kishkindha and the search of Sita by the monkies led by Hanuman, Jambwant,
Nal-Neel and Angad. The fifth chapter is about the exploits and
bravery of Hanuman - the incarnation of 11th Rudra (Shiva), the
finding of Sita at Ashokvatika in Lanka - the kingdom of Ravana, the burning
of Lanka by Hanuman, bringing back the message of Sita to Lord Ram and the
effort of Lord Ram to find way across the Indian Ocean to Lanka. The sixth chapter is about the fight of
Lord Ram's monkey army and demon king Ravan's demon army, the fight of
Lakshman and Meghanaad, the bringing of life giving medicines by Hanuman to
save the life of Lakshman, the killing of Ravana and his complete army, the
throning in ceremony of Vibhishan - the youngest brother of Ravan, and the
journey of Lord Ram along with Mother Sita and monkey chiefs to Ayodhya. The seventh chapter narrates the reception
of Lord Ram at Ayodhya, the throning-in ceremony of Lord Ram as king of
Ayodhya, the paying of respect of all Gods and Vedas to Lord Ram, the rule
of Lord Ram, the qualities of His rule, the life and bhakti of
Kakabhusundi - the great crow, the various principles of life, about the
knowledge & relation of the earthly materialism (Maya), the spirit (Atma)
and God - the supreme Lord. Those who read Ramcharitmanas or the
Ramayana are blessed with Bhakti (devotion) and Mukti (salvation). They
mostly achieve all that they deserve in the materialistic world and are
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