About the Book: The Greatest Ode to Lord Ram: Tulsidass Ramcharitmanas
Selections and Commentaries
An Easy-to-understand but Layered Introduction to Lord Ram as a God and as a Man
The Ramcharitmanas is undoubtedly one of the greatest lyrical compositions in
Hindi literature. Writing in the sixteenth century, Tulsidas chose to pen verses
in Awadhi rather than Sanskrit, thus breaking with literary tradition and
importantly making Lord Ram more relatable to the layperson. Pavan K. Varma,
author of the best-selling Adi Shankaracharya: Hinduisms Greatest Thinker has
selected some of the most evocative stanzas—offering a succinct commentary for
each—that capture the very core of the original.
While centring the philosophical aspect