Sri Ramacaritamanasa

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Sri Ramacaritamanasa Śri Rämacaritamānasa of Gosvami Tulasidāsa enjoys a unique place among the classics of the world’s literature. It is a fine specimen of most exquisite poetry and can compare favourably with the best poems of the world. It was considered to be the best work on Devotion by Mahātma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation. It is universally acclaimed by all classes of people from Bihar to Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir, and from the Himalayas to Gujarat and Maharashtra. In fact, over the years its vast popularity has spread throughout the country and abroad. In a moving tribute to the great saint, Bhārata Ratna C. Rajagopālācārī wrote:

‘Tulasidāsa made his vision of God into a concrete reality for the commonest of men around him. Tulasīdāsa could have made himself as grand or obscure as any philosopher, ancient or modern, for he had learning enough for it; but he was too pious to lose himself in that manner. His great love of the common folk enabled him to produce a work (Śrī Rāmacaritamānasa] that has stood the test of centuries like a rock among philosophers, pandits and lowly men and women’,

This universal appeal of the immortal poem encouraged us to publish a faithful and accurate English translation of the book with the original text critically edited with utmost care on the basis of most authentic sources available and was published in Kalyana- Kalpataru (a monthly magazine in English, published by Gita Press) in its Annual Numbers 15, 16 and 17. For the first time it was published in 1968 in a book form-the original text in Nägari with English translation. It was given a hearty welcome by the readers and since then several reprints have been brought out.