🪷 Śrī Rāmcharitamānas · Tulsidās's Bhakti-Mahā-Kāvya

7 Kāṇḍas · 1,074 numbered pāṭha units · Awadhi-Devanāgarī · opening invocations preserved

🪷 Start Śrī Rāmcharitamānas Pāṭha

Begin directly in Tulsidās's numbered Mānas flow. Each Kāṇḍa page preserves its opening maṅgalācaraṇa separately, while Unit 1 starts the numbered dohā-chaupāī reading sequence.

Begin Bāla-Kāṇḍa Unit 1Jump to Sundara-KāṇḍaBrowse 7 Kāṇḍas

🪷 Read the Seven Kāṇḍas

Each Kāṇḍa is a distinct book. The Sundara-Kāṇḍa is the most-recited (daily home-pātha) for Hanumān-Rāma-bhakti · the Uttara-Kāṇḍa's Bhuśuṇḍi-Garuḍa saṁvāda is the supreme jñāna-bhakti dialogue. Verse-types: श्लोक (Sanskrit invocations) · दोहा/सोरठा (couplets) · चौपाई (quatrains) · छंद (long-meter ornamental verses).

Kāṇḍa 1 · बालकाण्ड
Bāla-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Childhood
Maṅgalācaraṇa (the auspicious opening · Gaṇeśa-Sarasvatī-Śiva-Pārvatī-Hari-Hara invocations) · Rāma's līlā in childhood · Viśvāmitra-yajña-protection · Sītā-svayaṁvara at Mithilā · the four brothers' weddings
361 numbered units · 358 चौपाई parts · 322 दोहा/सोरठा parts · 4 छंद parts
Kāṇḍa 2 · अयोध्याकाण्ड
Ayodhyā-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Ayodhyā
Rāja-tilaka aborted · vanavāsa begins · Bharata-milāp at Citrakūṭa (the supreme dialogue of fraternal-bhakti) · pādukā-rāja at Nandigrāma · the maryādā-puruṣottama discipline activated
326 numbered units · 326 चौपाई parts · 312 दोहा/सोरठा parts · 1 छंद parts
Kāṇḍa 3 · अरण्यकाण्ड
Araṇya-Kāṇḍa · The Book of the Forest
Forest-līlā · the ṛṣis' āśramas · Śūrpaṇakhā's ill-fated visit · Mārīca's golden-deer māyā · Sītā-haraṇa by Rāvaṇa · Jaṭāyu's last stand
46 numbered units · 44 चौपाई parts · 38 दोहा/सोरठा parts · 3 छंद parts
Kāṇḍa 4 · किष्किन्धाकाण्ड
Kiṣkindhā-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Kiṣkindhā
Hanumān-milāp at Ṛśyamūka · the first dialogue between Rāma and His param-bhakta · Sugrīva-bhakti · Vāli-vadha · the vānara-sena assembled
30 numbered units · 30 चौपाई parts · 29 दोहा/सोरठा parts · 1 छंद parts
Kāṇḍa 5 · सुन्दरकाण्ड
Sundara-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Beauty
⭐ Hanumān's ocean-leap to Laṅkā · Sītā-darśana at Aśoka-vāṭikā · Laṅkā-dahana · the most-recited bhakti-kāṇḍa in Hindu homes · pure Rāma-nāma-mahimā · Mānas-Hanumān-Cālīsā parallel
60 numbered units · 60 चौपाई parts · 60 दोहा/सोरठा parts · 3 छंद parts
Kāṇḍa 6 · लङ्काकाण्ड
Laṅkā-Kāṇḍa · The Book of Laṅkā (the Yuddha)
Setu-bandha to Laṅkā · the great war · Kumbhakarṇa-Indrajit-Rāvaṇa fall sequentially · Vibhīṣaṇa coronated · the puṣpaka return · Rāma's coronation at Ayodhyā · Rāmarājya begins
121 numbered units · 117 चौपाई parts · 76 दोहा/सोरठा parts · 4 छंद parts
Kāṇḍa 7 · उत्तरकाण्ड
Uttara-Kāṇḍa · The Book of the Aftermath
Rāmarājya · ⭐ Bhuśuṇḍi-Garuḍa saṁvāda (the supreme jñāna-bhakti dialogue) · the seven questions and seven answers · the highest Tulsidās bhakti-vedanta · Rāma's final teachings · pari-praśna closes the Mānas
130 numbered units · 125 चौपाई parts · 6 छंद parts · 10 दोहा/सोरठा parts · 3 श्लोक parts
मङ्गल भवन अमंगल हारी।
"He who is the dwelling of mangala and the destroyer of amaṅgala — bless us." — Rāmcharitamānas Bāla-Kāṇḍa · the most-loved bhakti-invocation

🪷 About Goswāmi Tulsidās (1532-1623 CE)

Goswāmi Tulsidās (तुलसीदास), born at Rajapur on the banks of the Yamuna, was the disciple of Narahari Anand · later spent his life at Ayodhyā, Citrakūṭa, and Vārāṇasī (his samādhi-sthala at Assi-Ghāt). He composed the Mānas at the explicit guidance of Lord Hanumān · the work was completed in 2 years, 7 months, 26 days · beginning at Ayodhyā on Caitra Śukla Navamī (Rāmnavamī) 1574 CE. The Mānas opens with seven sub-invocations (vaṇa · artha · rasa · chanda · maṅgala · etc.) and closes with the supreme jñāna-bhakti dialogue between Bhuśuṇḍi-kāka and Garuḍa in the Uttara-Kāṇḍa · regarded as the highest vedānta-bhakti synthesis in vernacular Hindu poetry.

🪷 Vālmīki's Sanskrit · Tulsidās's Awadhi · One Rāma · Same Krishna-Tattva
The Rāmāyaṇa lives devotionally in Vālmīki's Sanskrit voice and Tulsidās's Awadhi voice. Vidhyāmitra makes both digital transcriptions available to read, while neither is presented as a verified edition until source reconciliation is complete. Two voices · one Rāma · same Paramātmā · with textual truth kept distinct from unresolved digital provenance.
→ /rama · The Non-Dual Declaration/valmiki-ramayana · the Sanskrit twin

🪷 Source Acknowledgment

These pages are rebuilt from a pinned IIT Kanpur-derived seven-Kāṇḍa witness released under the Unlicense. Every source file is hash-verified and the contiguous reading order is preserved. Publication and indexing authorization for the complete bundled witness, including the opening invocations, was confirmed on 4 August 2026. This proves reproducible digital coverage, not universal agreement across all printed recensions.

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Sources and Connected Readings

Continue from the seven-Kāṇḍa Mānas reading map and digital-source disclosure to its opening, Sundara-Kāṇḍa, the Vālmīki Sanskrit twin, Rāma-Navamī, and related Bhāgavata and Gītā readings.

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