Works of Rambhadracharya explained

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Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (or Swami Rambhadracharya) is a Hindu religious leader, Sanskrit scholar and Katha artist based in Chitrakoot, India. His works consist of poems, commentaries, plays and musical compositions of his works, etc. He has authored more than 100 books and 50 papers, including four epic poems (two each in Sanskrit and Hindi), a Hindi commentary on Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas, and Sanskrit commentaries on the Ashtadhyayi and the Prasthanatrayi scriptures.[1] [2] [3] Various audio and video recordings o his works have also been released. He writes in Sanskrit, Hindi, Awadhi, Maithili, and several other languages.[4] [5] [6]

Śrībhārgavarāghavīyam is his most notable work, for which he won several awards including the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit. He has also been given many other literary honors and titles, such as Mahakavi (Great poet) and Kavikularatna (Jewel of the poet clan).[7] [8]

His major literary and musical compositions, grouped by genre, are listed below.[9]

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Poetry

Mahākāvyas (Epic poems)

See also: Mahakavya.

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Epic poem composed in 1,279 verses divided into 15 cantos on the life of the seer couple Vasishtha and Arundhati.
Epic poem consisting of 2,121 verses composed in 40 Sanskrit and Prakrit metres, divided into 21 cantos of 101 verses each, with a Hindi commentary by the poet. Recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit, Ramkrishna Jaidayal Dalmia Shreevani Alankaran, Banabhatta Award and Vachaspati Award.
Epic poem composed in 864 verses divided into 8 cantos of 108 verses each. This epic narrates the story of the seer Ashtavakra, who is presented as the flag bearer of the disabled.
Sanskrit lyrical epic poem, narrating the Ramayana in 1,008 Sanskrit songs divided into 28 cantos of 36 songs each, based on traditional folk music tunes.

Khaṇḍakāvyas (minor poems)

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Minor poem on the character Vidura from Mahabharata.
Minor poem in two parts eulogising Krishna.
Minor poem on the character Shabari from Ramayana.
Minor poem on the acts and life of the Indian freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azad, with a Hindi commentary by Dr. Gita Devi Misra.
Minor poem on the river Sarayu that flows through Ayodhya.
Minor poem on the infant form of Rama composed only in the short syllables of Sanskrit.
Consisting of 501 verses divided in two parts and composed entirely in the Mandākrāntā metre, this minor poem describes the message sent by Rama via a bumblebee, residing on the Pravarṣaṇa mountain in Kishkindha, to his wife Sita, who is held captive by Ravana in Lanka.

Gītakāvyas (lyrical poems)

See also: Lyric poetry.

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Lyrical poem
Lyrical poem with 438 songs on Rama and Krishna.

Śatakakāvyas (Poems of one hundred verses)

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Poem of one hundred verses.
Poem of one hundred verses in the Arya metre.
Poem of one hundred verses in praise of the goddess Chandi.
Poem of one hundred verses in praise of Rama.
Poem of one hundred verses in praise of Ganesha.
Poem of one hundred verses in praise of footprints of Rama.

Stotrakāvyas (Eulogies)

See also: Eulogy.

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Poem eulogising the compassionate glance of Sita.
Poem eulogising Sita.
Poem eulogising the greatness of the river Ganges.
Poem in eight verses eulogising Rama.
Poem in eight Śikhariṇī metres, eulogising the birth of Rama by comparing infant Rama via eight Utprekṣā figures of speech respectively to the moon, a dark cloud, the ocean, an emerald, a Tamāla tree, Kamadeva, a blue lotus, and a bumblebee. With an Awadhi poetic translation and Hindi commentary by the poet.

Other poems

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A Patrakāvya (letter poem); letter to Krishna from the hunchback female whose episode is described in the Bhagavata Purana.
A Rītikāvya (Procedural - era Hindi poem), consisting of 327 assorted verses, divided in three parts of 109 verses each, composed in six Prakrit metres. The verses describe different activities of the child forms of Sita and Rama.
A suprabhatam (hymn sung at dawn) addressed to Sita and Rama, consisting of 40 verses composed in 8 Śārdūlavikrīḍita, 24 Vasantatilakā, 4 Sragdharā, and 4 Mālinī metres. With a Hindi translation by the poet.

Prose

Sanskrit commentaries on the Prasthānatrayī

See main article: Shriraghavkripabhashyam. Rambhadracharya composed Sanskrit commentaries titled Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam on the Prasthanatrayi – Brahma Sutra, the Bhagavad Gita, and eleven Upanishads. These commentaries were released on 10 April 1998 by the then Prime Minister of India, Atal Behari Vajpayee.[10] Rambhadracharya composed Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam on Narada Bhakti Sutra in 1991. He thus revived—after five hundred years—the tradition of Sanskrit commentaries on the Prasthanatrayi. He also gave the Ramananda Sampradaya its second commentary on Prasthanatrayi in Sanskrit, the first being the Ānandabhāṣyam, composed by Ramananda himself.[11] Rambhadracharya's commentary in Sanskrit on the Prasthanatrayi was the first written in almost 600 years.[12]

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1998 (श्रीब्रह्मसूत्रेषु श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्)Brahma SutraShri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas
1998 (श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासु श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्)Bhagavad GitaShri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas
1998Kaṭhopaniṣadi Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (कठोपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्)Katha UpanishadShri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas
1998Kenopaniṣadi Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (केनोपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्)Kena UpanishadShri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas
1998Māṇḍūkyopaniṣadi Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (माण्डूक्योपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्)Mandukya UpanishadShri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas
1998Iśāvāsyopaniṣadi Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (ईशावास्योपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्)Ishavasya UpanishadShri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas
1998Praśnopaniṣadi Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (प्रश्नोपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्)Prashna UpanishadShri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas
1998 (तैत्तिरीयोपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्)Taittiriya UpanishadShri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas
1998Aitareyopaniṣadi Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (ऐतरेयोपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्)Aitareya UpanishadShri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas
1998 (श्वेताश्वतरोपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्)Shvetashvatara UpanishadShri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas
1998Chāndogyopaniṣadi Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (छान्दोग्योपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्)Chandogya UpanishadShri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas
1998Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadi Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (बृहदारण्यकोपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्)Brihadaranyaka UpanishadShri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas
1998Muṇḍakopaniṣadi Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (मुण्डकोपनिषदि श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्)Mundaka UpanishadShri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas

Other Sanskrit commentaries

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1991Śrīnāradabhaktisūtreṣu Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (श्रीनारदभक्तिसूत्रेषु श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्)Narada Bhakti SutraShri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas
1997Aṣṭādhyāyyāḥ Pratisūtraṃ Śābdabodhasamīkṣaṇam (अष्टाध्याय्याः प्रतिसूत्रं शाब्दबोधसमीक्षणम्)Sutras of the Ashtadhyayi. (D Litt dissertation)
2001Śrīrāmastavarājastotre Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam (श्रीरामस्तवराजस्तोत्रे श्रीराघवकृपाभाष्यम्)RāmastavarājastotraShri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas

Hindi commentaries

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Commentary on

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1983Mahavīrī (महावीरी)Critical edition of Hanuman Chalisa, with a commentary named MahavīrīShri Krishna Janma Seva Sansthan, Mathura
1985Śrīgītātātparya (श्रीगीतातात्पर्य)Bhagavad GitaShri Raghav Sahitya Prakashan Nidhi, Haridwar
2005Bhāvārthabodhinī (भावार्थबोधिनी)RamcharitmanasJagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University
 - Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣya (श्रीराघवकृपभाष्य) #Commentary on the Ramcharitmanas in nine volumes.

Critiques

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Title

Language

Publisher

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1981Adhyātmarāmāyaṇe Apāṇinīyaprayogānāṃ Vimarśaḥ (अध्यात्मरामायणे अपाणिनीयप्रयोगानां विमर्शः) SanskritDeliberation on the non - Paninian usages in the Adhyātma Rāmāyaṇa. PhD dissertation.
1982Mānasa Me̐ Tāpasa Prasaṅga (मानस में तापस प्रसंग)HindiShri Gita Gyan Mandir, RajkotDeliberation on the episode of the unnamed ascetic in Ayodhya Kand of Ramcharitmanas.
1988Sanātanadharma Kī Vigrahasvarūpa Gomātā (सनातनधर्म की विग्रहस्वरूप गोमाता)HindiShri Raghav Sahitya Prakashan Nidhi, HaridwarDeliberation on the status of the cow in Hinduism.
1988Śrītulasīsāhitya me̐ Kṛṣṇa Kathā (श्रीतुलसीसाहित्य में कृष्णकथा)HindiShri Raghav Sahitya Prakashan Nidhi, HaridwarInvestigative research into the narrative of Krishna in the works of Tulsidas.
1990Sīta Nirvāsana Nahī̐ (सीता निर्वासन नहीं)HindiShri Raghav Sahitya Prakashan Nidhi, HaridwarCritique which argues that the episode of banishment of Sita is a later interpolation of Valmiki in the Ramayana.
2007Śrīrāsapañcādhyāyīvimarśaḥ (श्रीरासपञ्चाध्यायीविमर्शः)HindiJagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped UniversityDeliberation on the Rāsapañcādhyāyī section, the five chapters dealing with the celestial dance of Krishna with the Gopis, of the Bhagavata Purana.

Discourses

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1980Bharata Mahimā (भरत महिमा)HindiA nine - day discourse on the glory of Bharata in the Ramayana.Shri Gita Gyan Mandir, Rajkot
1985Sugrīva Kā Agha Aura Vibhīṣaṇa Kī Karatūti (सुग्रीव का अघ और विभीषण की करतूति)HindiA nine - day Hindi discourse on the two characters Sugriva and Vibhishana in the Ramayana.Shri Krishna Janma Seva Sansthan, Mathura
1989Mānasa me̐ Sumitrā (मानस में सुमित्रा)HindiA nine - day discourse on the character of Sumitra in the Ramcharitmanas.Shri Raghav Sahitya Prakashan Nidhi, Haridwar
1992Prabhu Kari Kṛpā Pā̐varī Dīnhī (प्रभु करि कृपा पाँवरी दीन्ही)HindiA nine - day discourse on the episode of Rama handing over his sandals to Bharata at Chitrakoot from the Ramayana.Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas
1993Parama Baḍabhāgī Jaṭāyu (परम बड़भागी जटायु)HindiA nine - day discourse on the character of Jatayu in the Ramayana.Shri Raghav Sahitya Prakashan Nidhi, Haridwar
2001 (श्री सीताराम विवाह दर्शन)HindiAn eight-day discourse delivered in March 1999 on the purport of Sita and Rama's marriage episode as described in the Ramcharitmanas.Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas
2004Tuma Pāvaka Ma̐ha Karahu Nivāsā (तुम पावक मँह करहु निवासा)HindiA nine - day discourse delivered in September 2003 on the episode of Sīta's stay in fire as described in the Ramcharitmanas.Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University
2006Ahalyoddhāra (अहल्योद्धार)HindiA nine - day discourse delivered in April 2000 on the episode of Ahalya's liberation by Rama.Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University
2008Hara Te Bhe Hanumāna (हर ते भे हनुमान)HindiA four - day discourse delivered in April 2007 on Hanuman being Shiva's incarnation.Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University

Critical edition of Ramcharitmanas

See main article: Tulsi Peeth edition of the Ramcharitmanas. Rambhadracharya's most controversial work was the critical edition of the Ramcharitmanas, which was published as the Tulsi Peeth edition.[13] He was accused of tampering with the epic,[13] [14] but the dispute died down after Rambhadracharya expressed his regret for any annoyance or pain caused by the publication.[15] A writ petition was also filed against him but it was dismissed.[1] This edition was published in 2005 by Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas.[2] [9]

Audio and video

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Audio CD with eight Bhajans (devotional hymns) devoted to Rama. Composed, set to music, and sung by Rambhadracharya.
Audio CD with seven Bhajans devoted to Krishna. Composed, set to music, and sung by Rambhadracharya.
Audio CD with six Bhajans devoted to Hanuman, and composed by Tulsidas. Set to music and sung by Rambhadracharya.
Audio CD of Śrīsītārāmasuprabhātam, a Suprabhata poem. Composed, set to music, and sung in the Vairagi Raga by Rambhadracharya.
DVD with a musical rendition of and commentary on the Sundar Kand of Ramcharitmanas. Spoken, set to music, and sung by Rambhadracharya.

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  1. Kant . Pradeep . Kumar . Anil . Writ Petition No. 8023 (MB) of 2008: Shiv Asrey Asthana and others Vs Union of India and others . Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) . 19 May 2011 . 29 September 2011 . Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India . 28 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120328124953/http://elegalix.allahabadhighcourt.in/elegalix/WebShowJudgment.do?judgmentID=1423192 . live .
  2. Dinkar 2008, pp. 40–43.
  3. మార్గదర్శి జగద్గురు రామభద్రాచార్య (Margadarsi Jagadguru Rambhadracharya) . 25 October 2012 . మార్గదర్శి (Margadarsi) . . . . 21 October 2012 . 1:24 . ఆయన శతాధిక గ్రంథకర్తా (He is the author of more than 100 books). . te . 25 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130725105242/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg6Lu9bil6k . live .
  4. Web site: K. K. Birla Foundation . वाचस्पति पुरस्कार २००७ . hi . Vachaspati Award 2007 . 8 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713154542/http://www.kkbirlafoundation.com/downloads/pdf/vach-2007.pdf . 13 July 2011 .
  5. Dinkar 2008, p. 39.
  6. Web site: Lok Sabha . The Office of Speaker . Speeches . 8 March 2011 . Swami Rambhadracharya ... is a celebrated Sanskrit scholar and educationist of great merit and achievement ... His academic accomplishments are many and several prestigious Universities have conferred their honorary degrees on him. A polyglot, he has composed poems in many Indian languages. He has also authored about 75 books on diverse themes having a bearing on our culture, heritage, traditions and philosophy which have received appreciation. A builder of several institutions, he started the Vikalanga Vishwavidyalaya at Chitrakoot, of which he is the lifelong Chancellor. . 21 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721174235/http://speakerloksabha.nic.in/Speech/SpeechDetails.asp?SpeechId=195 . live .
  7. Nagar 2002, p. 183.
  8. Chandra 2008, p. 21.
  9. Nagar 2002, pp. 89–90.
  10. Nagar 2002, p. 88.
  11. Book: Dwivedi, Hazari Prasad . हज़ारी प्रसाद द्विवेदी ग्रन्थावली ३ . The Complete Works of Hazari Prasad Dwivedi Volume 3 . Mukund . Dwivedi . Rajkamal Publication Pvt Ltd . 2007 . August 1981 . 3rd corrected and extended . New Delhi, India . 9788126713585 . 315–317 . hi.
  12. Web site: Correspondent . Chitrakuta . Jagran Yahoo . श्री सीता राम विवाह के आनंदित क्षणों मे झूमे भक्त . Devotees dance in the blissful moments of the marriage of Sita and Rama . 12 January 2011 . 12 July 2011 . हरिद्वार से आये आचार्य चंद्र दत्त सुवेदी ने कहा कि प्रस्थानत्रयी पर सबसे पहले भाष्य आचार्य शंकर ने लिखा और अब वल्लभाचार्य के छह सौ [sic] साल बाद जगद्गुरु स्वामी राम भद्राचार्य जी ने लिखा। (Acharya Chandra Dutt Subedi from Haridvar said that the first commentary on Prasthanatrayi was composed by Shankaracahrya, and now Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracahrya composed a commentary six hundred [sic] years after Vallabhacharya.) . 22 September 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110922160437/http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/local/uttarpradesh/4_1_7168843.html . live .
  13. News: Fury in Ayodhya over Ramcharitmanas . https://web.archive.org/web/20110811145715/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-01/india/28068936_1_seers-editions-disciples . dead . 11 August 2011 . 25 April 2011 . 1 November 2009 . Manjari . Mishra . V. N. . . Arora.
  14. News: 3 November 2009 . रामचरित मानस से जुड़ा विवाद गहराया . Dispute associated with Ramcharitmanas deepens . hi . Webdunia . 25 April 2011 . 24 September 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110924103211/http://hindi.webdunia.com/news/news/regional/0911/03/1091103099_1.htm . live .
  15. News: 9 November 2009 . रामभद्राचार्य के खेद जताने से संत पड़े ठंडे . Saints calm down after Rambhadracharya expresses regret . hi . Webdunia . 25 April 2011 . 24 September 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110924103313/http://hindi.webdunia.com/news/news/regional/0911/09/1091109004_1.htm . live .