A Divine Biography of Lord Ram and Glory of Lord's Holy Name

Contents Volume I Preface v - xvi Introductory: (i) About the Book. (ii) An outline of the divine story of Lord Ram and his worldly deeds – known as the Ramayan. xxiii - liii Section 1 Note – The pattern adopted in identifying a particular verse selected for this book from Tulsidas' many books is as follows- (i) For the Ram Charit Manas – The number of the Kand, followed by the number of the Doha, and then the specific number of the line of the Chaupai that precedes this Doha. For instance, 1/110/4' means the Kand no. 1 which is the Baal Kand, the Doha no. 110 of this Kand, and line no. 4 of the Chaupai or the stanzas that precede this particular Doha. (ii) For the other versions of the story of Ramayan, i.e. Geetawali, Kavitawali and Barvai Ramayan, the pattern that is followed is to first write the number of the kand, and then the number of the verse in that Kand. For instance, 1/20 of Geetawali would mean Kand no. 1, which is the Baal Kand, and its verse no. 20. (iii) Since the rest of the Tulsidas books are composed in a continuous fashion without separating the verses into different Kands, simply the number of the verse is given. Chapter – 1 Kaagbhusund Ramayana :- (1) Ram's Story; (2) Glory of Ram 1 Chapter – 2 GENESIS OF THIS STORY 10 Chapter – 3 BAAL KAND 34 Chapter – 4 AYODHYA KAND 110 Chapter – 5 ARANYA KAND 194 Chapter – 6 KISHKINDHA KAND 232 Chapter – 7 SUNDAR KAND 245 Chapter – 8 LANKA KAND 311 Chapter – 9 UTTAR KAND 393 Chapter – 10 LAV – KUSH KAND AND SITA'S EXILE 409 Chapter – 11 REIG OF LORD RAM AS KING OF AYODHYA 424 Chapter – 12 THE ABODE OF LORD RAM 437 VOLUME II Section 2 The Glory of Lord Ram and his Divine Name. 443 - 637 PART - 1 Ram Charit Manas 443 PART - 2 Dohawali 460 PART - 3 Barvai Ramayan 486 PART - 4 Kavitawali 494 PART - 5 Geetawali 574 PART - 6 Vinai Patrika 581 Section 3 Hymns of Lord Ram 638 - 803 PART - 1 The 47 Hymns of Lord Ram from the Ram Uttar Tapini Upanishad of Atharva Veda, Canto 5, verse no. 4. 638 PART - 2 The divine 108 holy Names of Lord ram – (a) from Padma Puran, Uttar Khand, Canto 281, verse nos. 3-48; and (b) from the Anand Ramayan, Purva kand, Canto 6,verse nos. 32-51. 671 PART - 3 Divine hymns or Mantras of Lord Ram that are composed by his great devotees. These hymns are the following – (i) Ramashtak by sage Veda Vyas: Page-497; (ii) Raghunath askhtak Page-499; (iii) Sita – Ram Ashtak Page- 502 (iv) Santa – Kumar Sanhita's Ramstavaraj by sage Narad: Page- 506; (v) Ram Stotra by Jatau (the Bird): Page – 532 (Vi) Ram Stotra by Indra (the King of Gods): Pages – 535; (vii) Ram Stota by Vibhishan: Page – 538; (viii) Ram Stuti (prayer) by Brahma (the creator): Page – 541; and (ix) Skand Puran, Nagar Khand: Page – 544 (pages – 497 to 544) 729 Appendix no. 1 – Goswami Tulsidas, a brief life sketch of this great saint, philosopher an poet, as well as his works and contribution to the spread of the Devotional message of the story of Lord Ram. 804 Apandix no. 2 – Glossary of important Characters in the Ramayan, along with the interesting stories and information related them. 822