Ramayan - રામચરિતમાનસ

गोस्वामी तुलसीदास विरचित

॥ Ramcharitmanas ॥

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॥ अथ श्री रामचरितमानस ॥
Book First : Bal Kand
Opening verses	Parvati leaves her body	Dasharatha performs yagna
Ganesha Vandana	Birth at Himalaya's place	Birth of four princes
Guru & Saint Vandana	Narada's foretelling	Rituals for princes' name
Salutations to durjana	Uma's penance	Vishwamitra asks for help
Tulsidas's modesty	The story of Tarakasur	Ram kills Tadaka
Significance of Ramcharitmanas	Shiva's third eye annihilates Kamdev	Consecretion of Ahilya
Salutations to Poets	Marriage of Shiva & Uma	Ram-Laxman in Mithila
Shiva-Parvati Vandana	Marriage procession	Meeting with Sita
Glory of Ram & its name	Dialogue between Shiva & Parvati	Sita's swayamvar
Historical background of Ramcharitmanas	Reason for incarnation	Ram breaks the bow
Poetic analogy	Story of Narada	Parshuram intervenes
Dialogue between Yajnavalkya and Bhardwaj	Vishwamohini swayamvar & Narada's realization	Dialogue between Laxmanand Parshuram
Story of Shiva-Parvati	Story of Manu and Shatarupa	Message reaches Ayodhya
Parvati's doubt & Ram's test	Story of Pratapbhanu	The marriage procession
Shiva renounces Parvati	Ravana and cruelty of demons	The grand marriage
Daksha performs yagna	Deities prays for help	Send off from Mithila
Book Second : Ayodhya Kand
Opening verses	Trio leaves for forest	Bharat leaves for Chitrakut
Dashratha notices white hair	People of Ayodhya left behind	Guha doubts Bharat and prepares for confrontation
Dashratha proposes Ram's coronation	Meeting with Guha	At Sage Bhardwaj's ashram
Preparation for coronation	Ram advise Sumantra to return	Bharat reaches Chitrakut
Deities prays to Saraswati	Ram meets Kevat, the boatman	Laxman's doubt and preparedness
Dialogue between Kaikeyi and Manthara	At Sage Bhardwaj's place	Ram meets Bharat
Kaikeyi enters the house of doom	Dialogue between Ram and Valmiki	Ram performs rituals for Dashratha
Kaikeyi asks for boons	Ram reaches Chitrakut	Kaikeyi repents
Dashratha faints by grief	Sumantra returns to Ayodhya	King Janak arrives
Dialogue between Ram and Kaikeyi	Dialogue between Sumantra and Dashratha	Ram asks Bharat to handle Ayodhya
Dialogue between Ram and Dashratha	King Dashratha dies	Bharat roams around Chitrakut
Ram ask for Kaushalya's leave	Bharat reaches Ayodhya	Ram gives his paduka
Dialogue between Ram and Sita	Dialogue between Bharat and Kaushalya	Return to Ayodhya
Dialogue between Ram and Laxman	Dialogue between Bharat and Vashistha	Bharat sets Paduka, leaves at Nandigram as hermit
BookThird : Aranya Kand
Opening verses	Ram kills Khar-Dushan	Jatayu passes away
The story of Jayant	Shuparnakha complains to Ravana	At Shabari's place
Ram leaves from Chitrakut	Dialogue between Ravana and Maricha	Nine kinds of devotion
Ansuya's sermon to Sita	The golden deer	Ram arrives at Lake Pampa
At Sage Sharbhang's place	Ravana abducts Sita	Naradaji visits Ram
Ram reaches Agatsya rishi's place	Fight between Jatayu and Ravana	How to win over maya
Stay at Panchavati	Ram's lamentation at Panchavati	Characteristics of a saint
Shuparnakha's incident	Ram meets Jatayu
Book Fourth : Kiskindha Kand
Opening verses	Ram kills Vali	Dialogue between Ram and Sugriva
Hanuman meets Ram	Angad crowned as Prince	Monkey army in search of Sita
Friendship between Ram and Sugriva	The beauty of monsoon	Meeting with Sampati
Ram pledges to kill Vali	Autumn sets in	Hanuman ready to cross ocean
Fight between Vali and Sugriva	Laxman gets angry on Sugriva
Book Fifth : Sundar Kand
Opening verses	Hanuman drops Ram's ring	Dialogue with Sugriva
Hanuman leaves for Lanka	Dialogue between Sita and Hanuman	Hanuman conveys Sita's message to Ram
Meeting with Surasa	Hanuman wages war at Ashokavan	Monkey army prepares to attack Lanka
Hanuman in Lanka	Hanuman surrenders	Dialogue between Mandodari and Ravana
Meeting with Lankini	Hanuman in Ravana's court	Vibhishan's advise to Ravana
Hanuman searches for Sita	Dialogue between Hanuman and Ravana	Vibhishan leaves Lanka
Meeting with Vibhishan	Ravan orders to set Hanuman's tail on fire	Vibhishan comes to Ram's refuge
Hanuman in Ashokavan	Hanuman sets Lanka on fire	Ravana sends spy in Ram's camp
Ravana threatens Sita	Hanuman asks Sita's leave	Spy conveys message to Ravana
Dialogue between Sita and Trijata	Hanuman returns to monkey army	Ocean god surrenders to Ram
Book Sixth : Lanka Kand
Opening verses	The war begins	Garuda sets Ram free from Nagpaash
Nal-Nil constructs bridge across mighty ocean	Malyavan advises Ravana	Meghanada's yagna interrupted & got killed
Ram establishes Shivalinga at Rameshwar	The war between Laxman and Meghanada	Ravana sets off for war
Monkey army reaches Lanka	Laxman becomes unconscious	Ravana's yagna interrupted mid-way
Dialogue between Mandodari and Ravana	Hanuman sets off for Sanjivani herbs	Fight between Ram and Ravana
Prahasta's advise to Ravana	Hanuman kills Kalnemi	Vibhishan reveals Ravana's secret, Ravana killed
Ram's arrow displaces Ravana's crown	Hanuman meets Bharat	Mandodari laments, Ram consoles her
Mandodari pleads Ravana	Sanjivani makes Laxman conscious	Vibhishan crowned as Lanka's king
Angad reaches Ravana's court as an envoy	Ravana asks for Kumbhkarna's help	Sita proves her purity in a fire-test
Dialogue between Angad and Ravana	Kumbhkarna in the battlefield	Deities praises Ram
Mandodari's continues her effort to convince Ravana	Ram kills Kumbhkarna	Ram leaves for Ayodhya with monkey army
Angad returns to Sri Ram's camp	Meghanada ties Ram with nagpaash	Ram sends Hanuman to convey the message
Book Seventh : Uttar Kand
Opening verses	Sages pays a visit to Ram	Guru's insult and Shiva's curse
Hanuman meets Bharat	Dialogue between Ram and Bharat	Shiva rudrashtak
Ram arrives in Ayodhya	Ram's sermon to the people of Ayodhya	Sage Lomash gives curse to Kakbhushundi
Arrival brings cheers everywhere	Garuda's doubt	About knowledge and devotion
Vedas sings Rams' glory	Kakbhushundi tells Ramayan to Garuda	Garuda's seven questions
Monkey army returns home	Ram's story removes Garuda's doubt	Significance of Ramayana
Ramrajya - an ideal kingdom	The story of Kakbhushundi's pre-births	Ram Stuti
Birth of Luv and Kush	Signs of Kaliyuga	Closing remarks