RAM CHARIT MANAS 02

Tales from India's most popular epic told in a way that they seem interesting and engrossing for the youth.
The Ram Charit Manas[RCM ] is one of the most popular epics of the land. The tired farmer sings it to the accompaniment of the simple drum. The savants, to bring forth the acme of human behavior sing it. It is studied by the erudite for its faultless meter and lofty philosophy. It is quoted as a gospel, both by the good and the cunning. It is a textbook that is being taught to the young in school and the same is the source material for him, who seeks a doctorate in literature.
There is magic in its pages. When studied as a social science, it helps a sincere student to grasp the acme of human behavior. It has the most wonderful description of the nature presented in poetic form.
The stories of the RCM contain in their suggestive depth the highest knowledge available to the mind of the mankind - the knowledge that the German philosopher Schopenhauer called the highest reach of the human intellect.
RCM is the excellent piece of work in Hindi literature. RCM of Goswami Tulasidas enjoys a unique place among the classics of the world literature. It is one of the best Epic - Poems of the world.
RCM bestows upon its readers the gifts of Devotion (bhakti), Divine Knowledge (Gyan)
As a person, Shri Rama personifies the characteristics of an ideal person[THE BEST AMONG MEN ] who is to be emulated. He had within him all the desirable virtues that any individual would seek to aspire. For example, he gave up his rightful claim to the throne, and agreed to go into exile (vanvas) for fourteen years, to fulfil the vow that his father had given to Kaikeyi, one of King Dashratha's wives. This is in spite of the fact that Kaikeyi's son, Bharat, begged him to return back to Ayodhya and said that he did not want to rule in place of Shri Rama. But Shri Rama considered his dharma as a son above that of his own birthright and his life's ambition. For such supreme sacrifices, and many other qualities, Shri Rama is considered a maryada purushottam. [THE BEST AMONG MEN .]