Aranya Kand Ramayan Chapter 3

Aranya Kand is third Chapter of Ramayan. In this very application you can find all the Doha along with their meaning.

Ramayana, considered part of Hindu Smriti, was written originally in Sanskrit by

Sage Valmiki (3000 BC). Contained in 24,000 verses, this epic narrates Lord Ram of

Ayodhya and his ayan (journey of life). Over a passage of time, Ramayana did not remain

confined to just being a grand epic, it became a powerful symbol of India's social and

cultural fabric. For centuries, its characters represented ideal role models - Ram as an ideal

man, ideal husband, ideal son and a responsible ruler; Sita as an ideal wife, ideal daughter

and Laxman as an ideal brother. Even today, the characters of Ramayana including Ravana

(the enemy of the story) are fundamental to the grandeur cultural consciousness of India.

Long after Valmiki wrote Ramayana, Goswami Tulsidas (born 16th century) wrote

Ramcharitamanas in his native language. With the passage of time, Tulsi's Ramcharitmanas,

also known as Tulsi-krita Ramayana, became better known among Hindus in upper India

than perhaps the Bible among the rustic population in England. As with the Bible and

Shakespeare, Tulsi Ramayana’s phrases have passed into the common speech. Not only are

his sayings proverbial: his doctrine actually forms the most powerful religious influence in

present-day Hinduism; and, though he founded no school and was never known as a Guru

or master, he is everywhere accepted as an authoritative guide in religion and conduct of

Tulsi’s Ramayana is a novel presentation of the great theme of Valmiki, but is in no

sense a mere translation of the Sanskrit epic. It consists of seven books or chapters namely

Bal Kand, Ayodhya Kand, Aranya Kand, Kiskindha Kand, Sundar Kand, Lanka Kand and

Uttar Kand containing tales of King Dasaratha's court, the birth and boyhood of Rama and

his brethren, his marriage with Sita - daughter of Janaka, his voluntary exile, the result of

Kaikeyi's guile and Dasaratha's rash vow, the dwelling together of Rama and Sita in the

great central Indian forest, her abduction by Ravana, the expedition to Lanka and the

overthrow of the ravisher, and the life at Ayodhya after the return of the reunited pair.

Ramcharitmanas is written in pure Avadhi or Eastern Hindi, in stanzas called chaupais,

broken by 'dohas' or couplets, with an occasional sortha and chhand.

Here, you will find the text of Aranya Kand, 3rd chapter of Ramcharitmanas.