Adhyatma Ramayana (2 Vols set)

by Sri Ajai Kumar Chhawchharia

Adhyatma Ramayan is a magnificently rendered, eternally divine classical epic story of Lord Ram, a manifestation of the transcendental Supreme Being, as the king emperor of Ayodhya. Being incorporated in the Brahmand Puran's Uttar Khand, it is the most ancient, authentic and authoritative version on Lord Ram's eternal and sublime story.

Flowing from the prolific, expert and flourishing hand of the legendary sage Veda Vyas, the prodigious classifier of the Vedas and the Captivating narrator of the ancient Purans, this enchanting version of Ramayana is masterpiece of classical literature narrated in a style befitting the exalted stature of its author Veda Vyas.

The holy book is completely soaked and infused, bristling and brimming over as it is, over as it is, with the eclectic virtues of devotion and faith, morality and ethics, righteousness and virtuousness. The epic stands out from all other myriad versions of Ramayana in its high spiritual and metaphysical quotient, as it incorporates in its text, as its integral fabric, the profoundest of tenets and doctrines enshrined in and expounded by the Vedas and the Upanishads.

This volume describes the text in great detail, incorporating commentary explanatory & relevant notes when   required. An elaborate life sketch of sage Veda Vyas incorporating numerous little  known facts about him, have been  included to give a special unique.

Table of Contents:

• A Humble Word from Author 
• Preface 
• Key to Transliteration
• Prologue-Mahatmya 
• Volume I - Ball Kand
  • Ram Hriday (The divine essence of Lord Ram)
  • The tormented earth approaches Gods for liberation; the Lord’s assurance 
  • Sri Ram’s birth and childhood
  • Arrival of Vishwamitra; Departure of Ram and Laxman with him; Slaying of Tadka
  • Vanquishing Marich and Subahu; liberation of Ahilya 
  • The bow braking ceremony and Sri Ram’s marriage
  • Parashuram’s episode
• Ayodhya Kand
  • Sage Narad meets Sri Ram
  • Preparation for crowning of Sri Ram; Conversation between him and sage Vashistha; Manthara incites Kaikeyi
  • King Dashrath accedes to Kaikeyi‘s demands
  • Preparation of Sri Ram, Sita, Laxman for forest exile
  • Sri Ram’s forest exile-Departure
  • Laxman’s gospel; Crossing of river Ganges; Meeting with sages Bharadwaj and Valmiki; Valmiki’s gospel
  • Sumantra’s return to Ayodhya; Dashrath’s death and cremation; The story of Shrawan Kumar; Bharat’s arrival in Ayodhya 
  • Bharat’s departure for the forest; Meeting with Guha and sage Bharadwaj; Arrival at Chitrakoot 
  • Sri Ram-Bharat meeting; Bharat’s return to Ayodhya; Sri Ram’s arrival at sage Atri’s hermitage
• Aranya Kand
  • Slaying of Viradh 
  • Sri Ram meets sages Sharbhang, Sutikshan etc. 
  • Sri Ram at sage Agastya’s hermitage
  • Meeting with Jatau; Sri Ram’s sojourn at Panchvati; Preaching Laxman
  • Demoness Supernakha’s episode; Slaying of Khan, Dushan, Trishira etc.; Ravana’s first response 
  • Ravana approaches Marich
  • Slaying of Marich and Sita’s abduction
  • Sri Ram’s lamentations and meeting with Jatau
  • Slaying of Kabandh
  • Sri Ram’s meeting with Shabari
• Kishkindha Kand
  • Sri Ram’s meeting with Sugriv and Hanuman 
  • Vaali’s episode
  • Tara’s lamentation; Sri Ram’s consolation to her; Sugriv’s coronation
  • Sri Ram’s gospel to Laxman-elucidation of Kriya Yoga 
  • Sri Ram’s grief; Laxman visits Kishkindha and threatens Sugriv
  • Search for Sita begins; the story of Swyamprabha;s Description of the monkey army
  • Angad’s remorse; Search for Sita resumed; Meeting with Sampati
  • Sampati’s story; Embryology; The cause and path taken for a creature’s re-birth 
  • Contemplating about how to cross the ocean
• Sundar Kand
  • Hanumans’ leap across the ocean and entry into Lanka 
  • Hanuman enter the Ashok Van; Ravana’s dream; He threatens Sita
  • Hanuman meets Sita; Destruction of Ashok grove; Hanuman’s capture by the demons
  • Dialogue between Hanuman and Ravana; the burning of Lanka
  • Hanuman’s departure from Lanka; Arrival at Kishkindha; Conveying Sita’s message to Sri Ram
• Volume II - Lanka Kand (The Yudha Kand/The Epic War)
  • Departure of the monkey army for Lanka 
  • Vibhishan rebuked by Ravana
  • Vibhishan joins Sri Ram’s camp; Ocean’s stubbornness; Construction of the bridge
  • Crossign of the ocean by Sri Ram; Inspection of Lanka; Conversation between Ravana and Shuk
  • Previous life of Shuk; Malyawan attempts to dissuade Ravana; The monkey-demon war starts
  • Laxman’s fainting; The Ram-Ravana battle; Hanuman goes to bring the herb to revive Laxman; Ravana-Kalnemi conversation
  • Kalnemi’s deception and his death at the hands of Hanuman; Laxman’s revival; Ravana instigates Kumbhakarn into battle
  • Slaying of Kumbhakam
  • Slaying of Meghnad
  • Destruction of Ravana’s fire sacrifice; Mandodari’s entreaty with Ravana
  • Sri Ram-Ravana war and Ravana’s death 
  • Coronation of Vibhishan; Sita’s fire-test of Purity
  • God’s praise for Sri Ram; The Fire God appears with the original Sita; Departure for Ayodhya 
  • En-route to Ayodhya; Reception at Bharadwaj hermitage; Meeting with Bharat 
  • Sri Ram’s coronation
  • Departure of the monkeys back to Kishkindha; Sri Ram’s reign as King of Ayodhya; The glory of Adhyatma Ramayan 
• Uttar Kand
  • Arrival of Sage Agastya in the court of Sri Ram; The previous lie story of Ravana and other demons 
  • Establishment of the Demon Kingdom 
  • History of Vaali and Sugriv; Ravana’s Conversation with Sanat Kumar
  • Ravana in Shwet-Dwip; Description of Ram-Rajya; God’s Prayer and Sita’s exile to Valmiki’s hermitage
  • Ram Gita
  • 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
  • Lav and Kush’s rendition of Ramayan; Sita’s entry into the earth; Sri Ram’s gospel for his mother
  • Arrival of Kaal; Tantrums of Sage Durvasa; Abandonment of Laxman and his departure for the heavens
  • [Epilogue] The great and final exit (Mahaprayaan)
• Appendix 1 
  • Short Life Sketch of Sage Veda Vyas 
• Appendix 2  
  • Concepts of Vedanta Explained 
• Appendix 3
  • List of Various gospels and prayers appearing in Adhyatma Ramayan 
  • Assortment of representative verses highlighting the following selective ideas and concepts
• Appendix 4  
  • Indicative list of explanatory diagrams, charts, explanatory and elaboratory notes
• Appendix 5  
  • Brief introduction to various important characters appearing in Adhyatma Ramayan
• Appendix 6  
  • A child’s emotional prattle-prattle of Dedication
  • Index of verses (Roman-Sanskrit).