Sundarakandam

By A R Parthasarathy

Ramayana is one of the greatest epics gifted to this world for the benefit of mankind originally coposed in Sanskrit by Sage Valmiki, comprising of seven chapters called “Kandas”.
Among these Kandas, Sundarakanda is considered the most important. It deals with the heroic deeds of Hanuman a mere monkey who rose to Divine Status and overcame each of the most insurmountable difficulties encountered by him right from the beginning of his journey over the sea, to Lanka which he undertook to find Rama’s wife Sita who was abducted and kept captive by the evil Ravana, by his mere resolute determination, adventurous enterprise and total dedication to his Lord Shri Rama.
The reading and recital of Sundarakanda with faith and devotion will give happiness and hope. It removes all forebodings from the mind. It will also bring success and prosperity.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Giri Trading Agency Private Limited
• Release date: May 24, 2021
• ISBN: 9788179505359

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Publisher’s note...

Ramayana is one of the greatest epics gifted to this world for the benefit of mankind originally coposed in Sanskrit by Sage Valmiki, comprising of seven chapters called Kandas.

Among these Kandas, Sundarakanda is considered the most important. It deals with the heroic deeds of Hanuman a mere monkey who rose to Divine Status and overcame each of the most insurmountable difficulties encountered by him right from the beginning of his journey over the sea, to Lanka which he undertook to find Rama’s wife Sita who was abducted and kept captive by the evil Ravana, by his mere resolute determination, adventurous enterprise and total dedication to his Lord Shri Rama.

The reading and recital of Sundarakanda with faith and devotion will give happiness and hope. It removes all forebodings from the mind. It will also bring success and prosperity.

Today, people are hard pressed for time for reading voluminous scriptural texts. Hence GIRI who are pioneers in publishing spiritual Books for the benefit of mankind, have brought out this special pocket version of Sundarakanda in prose order. We are sure even by reading this version with complete faith and devotion one can attain all successes in life.

We are extremely thankful to Shri. A. R. Parthasarathi who has composed this abridged version of Sundarakanda.

We pray to Lord Almighty that every-one reading this book would be richly benefitted .

Lokaah Samastaa Sukhino Bhavantu

GIRI.

SUNDARAKANDAM

(WHICH CONFERS ALL PROSPERITY)

Jai Shri Ram

Ramayana is an Eternal Epic, a wonder of a creative effort of Sage Valmiki given for the benefit and welfare of humanity. Ramayana was composed by Sage Valmiki, originally in Sanskrit which is known as the Vedic language and also the language of God. Ayana in Sanskrit denotes movement. The entire Ramayana describes the movements of Lord Rama, the Seventh Avatara(incarnation)of God(Maha Vishnu) right from his birth and thus is aptly  named so. (Rama + Ayana). Ramayana consists of seven chapters known as Kandas. They are Bala, Ayodhya, Aranya , Kishkinda, Sundara, Yuddha, Uttara Kandas). The Balakanda describes the early childhood of Rama, His marriage with Sita, King Janaka’s daughter, Ayodhyakanda describes his stay in Ayodhya immediately after his marriage with Sita . It also depicts how Kaikeyi, his step mother becomes the reason for Rama’s going into a fourteen years of exile to the forest, Aranyakanda elaborates the abduction of Sita from the forest where Rama, Sita and Lakshmana (Rama’s brother) spent their days of exile , Kishkindakanda details

the meeting of Rama with Hanuman and Sugreeva the king of the Vanaras (monkeys) , Sundarakanda describes the adventures and feats of Hanuman in finding the whereabouts of Sita and finally locating her in the Ashoka Vana in Lanka , Yuddhakanda describes the war between Rama and Ravana and the end of Ravana Rajya in Lanka, and lastly the Uttarakanda being the story of Lava and Kusha, the sons of Rama though this is not considered to be a part of Valmiki’s version of Ramayana.

All the chapters of Ramayana have their own salient features but Sundarakanda alone enjoys a special privilege. Sundarakanda is the Crest Jewel of the