Adhyatma Ramayana

VOLUME I BAAL KAND Canto 1-Ram Hriday (The divine essence of Lord Ram) 1 Canto 2-The tormented earth approaches Gods for liberation; the Lord’s assurance 20 Canto 3-Sri Ram’s birth and childhood 29 Canto 4-Arrival of Vishwamitra; Departure of Ram and Laxman with him; Slaying of Tadka 44 Canto 5-Vanquishing Marich and Subahu; liberation of Ahilya 51 Canto 6-The bow braking ceremony and Sri Ram’s marriage 67 Canto 7-Parashuram’s episode 84 AYODHYA KAND Canto 1-Sage Narad meets Sri Ram 101 Canto 2-Preparation for crowning of Sri Ram; Conversation between him and sage Vashistha; Manthara incites Kaikeyi 112 Canto 3-King Dashrath accedes to Kaikeyi‘s demands 127 Canto 4-Preparation of Sri Ram, Sita, Laxman for forest exile 142 Canto 5-Sri Ram’s forest exile-Departure. 162 Canto 6-Laxman’s gospel; Crossing of river Ganges; Meeting with sages Bharadwaj and Valmiki; Valmiki’s gospel 177 Canto 7-Sumantra’s return to Ayodhya; Dashrath’s death and cremation; The story of Shrawan Kumar; Bharat’s arrival in Ayodhya 197 Canto 8-Bharat’s departure for the forest; Meeting with Guha and sage Bharadwaj; Arrival at Chitrakoot 219 Canto 9-Sri Ram-Bharat meeting; Bharat’s return to Ayodhya; Sri Ram’s arrival at sage Atri’s hermitage 232 ARANYA KAND Canto 1-Slaying of Viradh 255 Canto 2-Sri Ram meets sages Sharbhang, Sutikshan etc. 265 Canto 3-Sri Ram at sage Agastya’s hermitage 279 Canto 4-Meeting with Jatau; Sri Ram’s sojourn at Panchvati; Preaching Laxman 296 Canto 5-Demoness Supernakha’s episode; Slaying of Khan, Dushan, Trishira etc.; Ravana’s first response 313 Canto 6-Ravana approaches Marich 326 Canto 7-Slaying of Marich and Sita’s abduction 326 Canto 8-Sri Ram’s lamentations and meeting with Jatau 353 Canto 9-Slaying of Kabandh 368 Canto 10-Sri Ram’s meeting with Shabari 388 KISHKINDHA KAND Canto 1-Sri Ram’s meeting with Sugriv and Hanuman 407 Canto 2-Vaali’s episode 427 Canto 3-Tara’s lamentation; Sri Ram’s consolation to her; Sugriv’s coronation 445 Canto 4-Sri Ram’s gospel to Laxman-elucidation of Kriya Yoga 460 Canto 5-Sri Ram’s grief; Laxman visits Kishkindha and threatens Sugriv 480 Canto 6-Search for Sita begins; the story of Swyamprabha;s Description of the monkey army 495 Canto 7-Angad’s remorse; Search for Sita resumed; Meeting with Sampati 515 Canto 8-Sampati’s story; Embryology; The cause and path taken for a creature’s re-birth 527 Canto 9-Contemplating about how to cross the ocean 540 SUNDAR KAND Canto 1-Hanumans’ leap across the ocean and entry into Lanka 547 Canto 2-Hanuman enter the Ashok Van; Ravana’s dream; He threatens Sita 559 Canto 3-Hanuman meets Sita; Destruction of Ashok grove; Hanuman’s capture by the demons 572 Canto 4-Dialogue between Hanuman and Ravana; the burning of Lanka 592 Canto 5-Hanuman’s departure from Lanka; Arrival at Kishkindha; Conveying Sita’s message to Sri Ram 613 VOLUME II LANKA KAND (THE YUDHA KAND/THE EPIC WAR) Canto 1-Departure of the monkey army for Lanka 629 Canto 2-Vibhishan rebuked by Ravana 641 Canto 3-Vibhishan joins Sri Ram’s camp; Ocean’s stubbornness; Construction of the bridge 654 Canto 4-Crossign of the ocean by Sri Ram; Inspection of Lanka; Conversation between Ravana and Shuk 678 Canto 5-Previous life of Shuk; Malyawan attempts to dissuade Ravana; The monkey-demon war starts 691 Canto 6-Laxman’s fainting; The Ram-Ravana battle; Hanuman goes to bring the herb to revive Laxman; Ravana-Kalnemi conversation 710 Canto 7-Kalnemi’s deception and his death at the hands of Hanuman; Laxman’s revival; Ravana instigates Kumbhakarn into battle 732 Canto 8-Slaying of Kumbhakam 750 Canto 9-Slaying of Meghnad 769 Canto 10-Destruction of Ravana’s fire sacrifice; Mandodari’s entreaty with Ravana 783 Canto 11-Sri Ram-Ravana war and Ravana’s death 800 Canto 12-Coronation of Vibhishan; Sita’s fire-test of Purity 822 Canto 13-God’s praise for Sri Ram; The Fire God appears with the original Sita; Departure for Ayodhya 845 Canto 14-En-route to Ayodhya; Reception at Bharadwaj hermitage; Meeting with Bharat 869 Canto 15-Sri Ram’s coronation 895 Canto 16-Departure of the monkeys back to Kishkindha; Sri Ram’s reign as King of Ayodhya; The glory of Adhyatma Ramayan 918 UTTAR KAND Canto 1-Arrival of Sage Agastya in the court of Sri Ram; The previous lie story of Ravana and other demons 935 Canto 2-Establishment of the Demon Kingdom 949 Canto 3-History of Vaali and Sugriv; Ravana’s Conversation with Sanat Kumar 970 Canto 4-Ravana in Shwet-Dwip; Description of Ram-Rajya; God’s Prayer and Sita’s exile to Valmiki’s hermitage 986 Canto 5-Ram Gita 1004 Canto 6-[The Lav-Kush Kand] Slaying of Demon Lavan; Arrival of Sage Valmiki in the Horse Sacrifice of Sri Ram along with Lav and Kush; Discourse to Kush 1068 Canto 7-Lav and Kush’s rendition of Ramayan; Sita’s entry into the earth; Sri Ram’s gospel for his mother 1082 Canto 8-Arrival of Kaal; Tantrums of Sage Durvasa; Abandonment of Laxman and his departure for the heavens 1107 Canto 9-[Epilogue] The great and final exit (Mahaprayaan) 1122 Appendix 1 Short Life Sketch of Sage Veda Vyas 1143 Appendix 2 Concepts of Vedanta Explained 1147 Appendix 3 (A) List of Various gospels and prayers appearing in Adhyatma Ramayan 1237 (B) Assortment of representative verses highlighting the following selective ideas and concepts 1241 Appendix 4 Indicative list of explanatory diagrams, charts, explanatory and elaboratory notes 1245 Appendix 5 Brief introduction to various important characters appearing in Adhyatma Ramayan 1249 Appendix 6 A child’s emotional prattle-prattle of Dedication 1264 Index of verses (Roman-Sanskrit) 1269