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Rambhadracharya
Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami
[α][4] Jagadguru Rambhadracharya
Rambhadracharya (born Giridhar Mishra on 14 January
1950)[β] is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, educator, Sanskrit
scholar, polyglot, poet, author, textual commentator, philosopher,
composer, singer, playwright and Katha artist based in Chitrakoot,
India.[5] He is one of four incumbent Jagadguru
[γ]
Ramanandacharya, and has held this title since 1988. [6][7][8]

Rambhadracharya is the founder and head of Tulsi Peeth, a religious

and social service institution in Chitrakoot named after Saint
Tulsidas.[9][10] He is the founder and lifelong chancellor of the
Jagadguru Rambhadracharya delivering a
Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University in Chitrakoot,
sermon on 25 October 2009 in Moradabad,
which offers graduate and postgraduate courses exclusively to four
types of disabled students.[5][11][12][13][14] Rambhadracharya has been Uttar Pradesh, India
blind since the age of two months, had no formal education till the age Personal
of seventeen years, and has never used Braille or any other aid to learn Born Giridhar Mishra
or compose.[15] 14 January 1950
Rambhadracharya can speak 22 languages and is a spontaneous Shandikhurd, Jaunpur district,
poet[δ] and writer in Sanskrit, Hindi, Awadhi, Maithili, and several Uttar Pradesh, India
other languages.[16][17] He has authored more than 100 books and Religion Hinduism
50 papers,[11][18][19] including four epic poems,[ε] Hindi commentaries Sect Ramanandi sect
on Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas and Hanuman Chalisa, a Sanskrit
commentary in verse on the Ashtadhyayi, and Sanskrit commentaries Signature
on the Prasthanatrayi scriptures.[20][21] He is acknowledged for his
knowledge in diverse fields including Sanskrit grammar, Nyaya and
Vedanta.[22] He is regarded as one of the greatest authorities on
Tulsidas in India,[23] and is the editor of a critical edition of the Founder of Jagadguru Rambhadracharya
Ramcharitmanas.[24] He is a Katha artist for the Ramayana and the
Handicapped University
Bhagavata. His Katha programmes are held regularly in different
cities in India and other countries, and are telecast on television Tulsi Peeth
channels like Shubh TV, Sanskar TV and Sanatan TV.[25][26] He is also Tulasi School for the Blind
a leader of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP).[27] Jagadguru Rambhadracharya
Viklang Seva Sangh
Kanch Mandir
Contents Jagadguru Rambhadracharya
Birth and early life Viklang Shikshan Sansthan

Loss of eyesight Philosophy Vishishtadvaita Vedanta

Childhood accident Religious career
First composition Guru Ishvardas (Mantra)
Mastering Gita and Ramcharitmanas
Ramprasad Tripathi (Sanskrit)
Upanayana and Katha discourses
Discrimination by family Ramcharandas (Sampradaya)

Formal education Disciples

Schooling Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra, Prem Bhushan,[1]
Graduation and masters Nityanand Misra[2]
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Doctorate and post-doctorate Literary Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam on

Later life works Prasthanatrayi,
1979–1988 Śrībhārgavarāghavīyam,
Post of Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Bhṛṅgadūtam,
Deposition in the Ayodhya case Gītarāmāyaṇam,
Multilingualism Śrīsītārāmasuprabhātam,
Śrīsītārāmakelikaumudi,
Institutes for the disabled
Aṣṭāvakra, and others
Critical edition of Ramcharitmanas
Assassination threats Honours Dharmacakravartī,
Participation in 84-kosi yatra Mahāmahopādhyāya,
Śrīcitrakūṭatulasīpīṭhādhīśvara,
Works
Jagadguru Rāmānandācārya,
Poetry and plays
Mahākavi,
Prose
Prasthānatrayībhāṣyakāra,
Sanskrit commentaries on Prasthanatrayi
and others
Other prose works
Audio and video
Quotation
Literary style Humanity is my temple, and I am its
Recognition, awards and honours worshiper. The disabled are my supreme God,
and I am their grace seeker.[3]
Recognition
Awards and honours
See also
Notes
References
Works cited
External links

Birth and early life

Jagadguru Rambhadracharya was born to Pandit Rajdev Mishra and Shachidevi
Mishra in a Saryupareen Brahmin family of the Vasishtha Gotra (lineage of the sage
Vasishtha) in Shandikhurd village in the Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[28] He
was born on Makara Sankranti day, 14 January 1950.[11][14][29][30] Born to mother
Shachidevi and father Pandit Rajdev Mishra, he was named Giridhar by his great aunt,
a paternal cousin of his paternal grandfather, Pandit Suryabali Mishra. The great aunt
was a devotee of Mirabai, a female saint of the Bhakti era in medieval India, who used
the name Giridhar to address the god Krishna in her compositions.[16][31]

Loss of eyesight An old photograph of

Shachidevi Mishra,
Giridhar lost his eyesight at the age of two months. On 24 March 1950, his eyes were mother of
infected by trachoma. There were no advanced facilities for treatment in the village, so Rambhadracharya
he was taken to an elderly woman in a nearby village who was known to cure trachoma
boils to provide relief. The woman applied a paste of myrobalan to Giridhar's eyes to
burst the lumps, but his eyes started bleeding, resulting in the loss of his eyesight.[14][29][30] His family took him
to the King George Hospital in Lucknow, where his eyes were treated for 21 days, but his sight could not be

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restored.[29]Various Ayurvedic, Homeopathic, Allopathic, and other practitioners were approached in Sitapur,
Lucknow, and Bombay, but to no avail.[31] Rambhadracharya has been blind ever since. He cannot read or write,
as he does not use Braille; he learns by listening and composes by dictating to scribes.[15]

Childhood accident

In June 1953, at a juggler's monkey dance show in the village, the children—including Giridhar—suddenly ran
away when the monkey began to touch them. Giridhar fell into a small dry well and was trapped for some time,
until a teenage girl rescued him.[29] His grandfather told him that his life was saved because he had learned the
following line of a verse in the Ramcharitmanas (1.192.4), from the episode of the manifestation of the god
Rama:[29][32]

यह च रत जे गाविहं ह रपद पाविहं ते न परिहं भवकूपा ॥

yaha carita je gāvahı̐ haripada pāvahı̐ te na parahı̐ bhavakūpā ॥

Those who sing this lay attain to the feet of Hari (Vishnu) and never fall into the well of birth and
death.

Giridhar's grandfather asked him to recite the verse always, and from then on, Giridhar has followed the practice
of reciting it every time he takes water or food.[29]

First composition

Giridhar's initial education came from his paternal grandfather, as his father worked in Bombay. In the
afternoons, his grandfather would narrate to him various episodes of the Hindu epics Ramayana and
Mahabharata, and devotional works like Vishramsagar, Sukhsagar, Premsagar, and Brajvilas. At the age of
three, Giridhar composed his first piece of poetry—in Awadhi (a dialect of Hindi)—and recited it to his
grandfather. In this verse, Krishna's foster mother Yashoda is fighting with a Gopi (milkmaid) for hurting
Krishna.[29][31]

Devanagari IAST
मेरे िग रधारी जी से काहे लरी। mere giridhārī jī se kāhe larī।
तुम त णी मेरो िग रधर बालक काहे भुजा पकरी॥ tuma taruṇī mero giridhara bālaka kāhe bhujā pakarī॥
सुसुिक सुसुिक मेरो िग रधर रोवत तू मुसुकात खरी॥ susuki susuki mero giridhara rovata tū musukāta kharī॥
तू अिह रन अितसय झगराऊ बरबस आय खरी॥ tū ahirina atisaya jhagarāū barabasa āya kharī॥
िग रधर कर गिह कहत जसोदा आँ चर ओट करी॥ giridhara kara gahi kahata jasodā ā̐cara oṭa karī॥

"'Why did you fight with my Giridhara (Krishna)? You are a young maiden, and my Giridhara
(Krishna) is but a child, why did you hold his arm? My Giridhara (Krishna) is crying, sobbing
repeatedly, and you stand there smirking! O Ahir lady (cowherd girl), you are excessively inclined to
quarrel, and come and stand here uninvited' – so says Yashoda, holding on to the hand of Giridhara
(Krishna) and covering [her face] with the end of her Sari", sings Giridhara (the poet).

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At the age of five, Giridhar memorised the entire Bhagavad Gita, consisting of around 700 verses with chapter
and verse numbers, in 15 days, with the help of his neighbour, Pandit Murlidhar Mishra. On Janmashtami day in
1955, he recited the entire Bhagavad Gita.[14][29][31][33][34] He released the first Braille version of the scripture,
with the original Sanskrit text and a Hindi commentary, at New Delhi on 30 November 2007, 52 years after
memorising the Gita.[35][36] When Giridhar was seven, he memorised the entire Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas,
consisting of around 10,900 verses with chapter and verse numbers, in 60 days, assisted by his grandfather. On
Rama Navami day in 1957, he recited the entire epic while fasting.[14][29][31][34] Later, Giridhar went on to
memorise the Vedas, the Upanishads, works of Sanskrit grammar, the Bhagavata Purana, all the works of
Tulsidas, and many other works in Sanskrit and Indian literature.[31][33]

Upanayana and Katha discourses

Giridhar's Upanayana (sacred thread ceremony) was performed on Nirjala Ekadashi (the Ekadashi falling in the
bright half of the lunar month of Jyeshtha) of 24 June 1961. On this day, besides being given the Gayatri Mantra,
he was initiated (given Diksha) into the mantra of Rama by Pandit Ishvardas Maharaj of Ayodhya. Having
mastered the Bhagavad Gita and Ramcharitmanas at a very young age, Giridhar started visiting the Katha
programmes held near his village once every three years in the intercalary month of Purushottama. The third
time he attended, he presented a Katha on Ramcharitmanas, which was acclaimed by several famous exponents
of the Katha art.[31]

Discrimination by family

When Giridhar was eleven, he was stopped from joining his family in a wedding procession. His family thought
that his presence would be a bad omen for the marriage.[29][30] This incident left a strong impression on
Giridhar; he says at the beginning of his autobiography:[37]

I am the same person who was considered to be inauspicious for accompanying a marriage party. ... I
am the same person who currently inaugurates the biggest of marriage parties or welfare ceremonies.
What is all this? It is all due to the grace of God which turns a straw into a vajra and a vajra into a
straw.

Formal education

Schooling

Although Giridhar did not have any formal schooling till the age of seventeen years, he had learned many literary
works as a child by listening to them. His family wished him to become a Kathavachak (a Katha artist) but
Giridhar wanted to pursue his studies. His father explored possibilities for his education in Varanasi and thought
of sending him to a special school for blind students. Giridhar's mother refused to send him there, saying that
blind children were not treated well at the school.[30] On 7 July 1967 Giridhar joined the Adarsh Gaurishankar
Sanskrit College in the nearby Sujanganj village of Jaunpur to study Sanskrit Vyakarana (grammar), Hindi,
English, Maths, History, and Geography.[38] In his autobiography he recalls this day as the day when the "Golden
Journey" of his life began.[39] With an ability to memorise material by listening to it just once, Giridhar has not
used Braille or other aids to study.[15] In three months, he had memorised and mastered the entire
Laghusiddhāntakaumudī of Varadaraja.[38] He was top of his class for four years, and passed the Uttara
Madhyama (higher secondary) examination in Sanskrit with first class and distinction.[34]

First Sanskrit composition

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At the Adarsh Gaurishankar Sanskrit College, Giridhar learnt the eight Ganas of
Sanskrit prosody while studying Chandaprabhā, a work on Sanskrit prosody. The
next day, he composed his first Sanskrit verse, in the Bhujaṅgaprayāta metre.[38]

A young Giridhar Mishra in

an undated photo

Devanagari IAST
महाघोरशोकाि नाऽऽत मानं mahāghoraśokāgninā'tapyamānaṃ
पत ं िनरासारसंसारिस ौ । patantaṃ nirāsārasaṃsārasindhau ।
अनाथं जडं मोहपाशेन ब ं nāthaṃ jaḍaṃ mohapāśena baddhaṃ
भो पािह मां सेवक ेशह ः ॥ prabho pāhi māṃ sevakakleśaharttaḥ ॥

O omnipotent Lord, remover of the distress of your worshippers! Protect me, who is being consumed
by the extremely dreadful fire of sorrows, who is helplessly falling in the ocean of the mundane
world, who is without any protector, who is ignorant, and who is bonded by the shackles of delusion.

Graduation and masters

In 1971 Giridhar enrolled at the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University in Varanasi for higher studies in
Vyakarana.[38] He topped the final examination for the Shastri (Bachelor of Arts)[40] degree in 1974, and then
enrolled for the Acharya (Master of Arts)[40] degree at the same institute.[15] While pursuing his master's degree,
he visited New Delhi to participate in various national competitions at the All-India Sanskrit Conference, where
he won five out of the eight gold medals—in Vyakarana, Samkhya, Nyaya, Vedanta, and Sanskrit
Antakshari.[6][15] Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India, presented the five gold medals, along with the
Chalvaijayanti trophy for Uttar Pradesh, to Giridhar.[34] Impressed by his abilities, Gandhi offered to send him
at her own expense to the United States for treatment for his eyes, but Giridhar turned down this offer, replying
with an extemporaneous Sanskrit verse.[15][41]

Devanagari IAST
िकं ं पिततजगित ा दोषेऽ स े kiṃ dṛṣṭavyaṃ patitajagati vyāptadoṣe'pyasatye
मायाचारा ततनुभृतां पापराजि चारे । māyācārāvratatanubhṛtāṃ pāparājadvicāre ।
ोऽसौ िचकुरिनकुरै ः पूणव ारिव ः dṛṣṭavyo'sau cikuranikuraiḥ pūrṇavaktrāravindaḥ
पूणान ो धृतिशशुतनुः रामच ो मुकु ः ॥ pūrṇānando dhṛtaśiśutanuḥ rāmacandro mukundaḥ ॥

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What is to be seen in this fallen world, which is false and filled with vices, is full of disputes and is
governed by the sins of deceitful and wicked humans? Only Rama is worth seeing, whose flocks of
hair cover his lotus-like face, who is completely blissful, who has the form of a child, and who is the
giver of liberation.

In 1976 Giridhar topped the final Acharya examinations in Vyakarana, winning seven gold medals and the
Chancellor's gold medal.[34] In a rare achievement, although he had only enrolled for a master's degree in
Vyakarana, he was declared Acharya of all subjects taught at the university on 30 April 1976.[15]

Doctorate and post-doctorate

After completing his master's degree, Giridhar enrolled for the doctoral Vidyavaridhi (PhD)[42] degree at the
same institute, under Pandit Ramprasad Tripathi.[15] He received a research fellowship from the University
Grants Commission (UGC), but even so, he faced financial hardship during the next five years.[15] He completed
his Vidyavaridhi degree in Sanskrit grammar on 14 October 1981.[15] His dissertation was titled
Adhyātmarāmāyaṇe'pāṇinīyaprayogānāṃ Vimarśaḥ, or Deliberation on the non-Paninian usages in the
Adhyatma Ramayana.[43] The thesis was authored in only thirteen days in 1981.[43] On completion of his
doctorate, the UGC offered him the position of head of the Vyakarana department of the Sampurnanand
Sanskrit University. However, Giridhar did not accept; he decided to devote his life to the service of religion,
society, and the disabled.[15]

On 9 May 1997, Giridhar (now known as Rambhadracharya) was awarded the post-doctorate Vachaspati
(DLitt)[40][42] degree by Sampurnanand Sanskrit University for his 2000-page Sanskrit dissertation
Pāṇinīyāṣṭādhyāyyāḥ Pratisūtraṃ Śābdabodhasamīkṣā, or Investigation into verbal knowledge of every Sūtra
of the Ashtadhyayi of Panini.[38] The degree was presented to him by K. R. Narayanan, then President of
India.[44] In this work, Rambhadracharya explained each aphorism of the grammar of Panini in Sanskrit
verses.[38]

Later life

1979–1988
Virakta Diksha

In 1976 Giridhar narrated a Katha on Ramcharitmanas to Swami Karpatri, who advised him not to marry, to stay
a lifelong Brahmachari (celibate bachelor) and to take initiation in a Vaishnava Sampradaya (a sect
worshipping Vishnu, Krishna, or Rama as the supreme God).[45][46] Giridhar took vairagi (renouncer) initiation
or Virakta Diksha in the Ramananda Sampradaya on the Kartika full-moon day of 19 November 1983 from Shri
Ramcharandas Maharaj Phalahari. He now came to be known as Rambhadradas.[46]

Six-month fasts

Following the fifth verse of the Dohavali composed by Tulsidas, Rambhadradas observed a six-month
Payovrata, a diet of only milk and fruits, at Chitrakoot in 1979.[46][47][48]

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Rambhadracharya meditating
on the banks of Mandakini
river during a Payovrata. He
is seated in the Sukhasana
pose with fingers folded in
the Chin Mudra.

Devanagari IAST
पय अहार फल खाइ जपु राम नाम षट मास । paya ahāra phala khāi japu rāma nāma ṣaṭa māsa ।
सकल सुमंगल िस सब करतल तुलसीदास ॥ sakala sumaṃgala siddhi saba karatala tulasīdāsa ॥

Chant the name of Rama subsisting on a diet of milk and fruits for six months. Says Tulsidas, on
doing so, all auspiciousness and accomplishments will be in one's hand.

In 1983 he observed his second Payovrata beside the Sphatik Shila in Chitrakoot.[46] The Payovrata has become
a regular part of Rambhadradas' life. In 2002, in his sixth Payovrata, he composed the Sanskrit epic
Śrībhārgavarāghavīyam.[49] He continues to observe Payovratas, the latest (2010–2011) being his ninth.[50][51]

Tulsi Peeth

In 1987 Rambhadradas established a religious and social service institution called Tulsi Peeth (The seat of
Tulsi) in Chitrakoot, where, according to the Ramayana, Rama had spent twelve out of his fourteen years of
exile.[10] As the founder of the seat, the title of Śrīcitrakūṭatulasīpīṭhādhīśvara (literally, the Lord of the Tulsi
Peeth at Chitrakoot) was bestowed upon him by Sadhus and intellectuals. In the Tulsi Peeth, he arranged for a
temple devoted to Rama and his "Patni"Sita to be constructed, which is known as Kanch Mandir ("glass
temple").[10]

Post of Jagadguru Ramanandacharya

Rambhadradas was chosen as the Jagadguru Ramanandacharya seated at the Tulsi Peeth by the Kashi Vidwat
Parishad in Varanasi on 24 June 1988.[8] On 3 February 1989, at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, the appointment
was unanimously supported by the Mahants of the three Akharas, the four sub-Sampradayas, the Khalsas and
saints of the Ramananda Sampradaya.[52] On 1 August 1995 he was ritually anointed as the Jagadguru
Ramanandacharya in Ayodhya by the Digambar Akhara.[6] Thereafter he was known as Jagadguru
Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya.[53]

Deposition in the Ayodhya case

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In July 2003 Rambhadracharya deposed as an expert witness for religious matters (OPW 16) in Other Original
Suit Number 5 of the Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid dispute case in the Allahabad High Court.[54][55][56] Some
portions of his affidavit and cross examination are quoted in the final judgement by the High Court.[57][58][59] In
his affidavit, he cited the ancient Hindu scriptures including the Ramayana, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad, Skanda
Purana, Yajurveda, Atharvaveda, and others describing Ayodhya as a city holy to Hindus and the birthplace of
Rama. He cited verses from two works composed by Tulsidas which, in his opinion, are relevant to the dispute.
The first citation consisted of eight verses from a work called Dohā Śataka, which describe the destruction of a
temple and construction of a mosque at the disputed site in 1528 CE by Mughal ruler Babur, who had ordered
General Mir Baqui to destroy the Rama temple, considered a symbol of worship by infidels.[55] The second
citation was a verse from a work called Kavitāvalī, which mentions a mosque.[57] In his cross examination, he
described in some detail the history of the Ramananda sect, its Mathas, rules regarding Mahants, formation and
working of Akharas, and Tulsidas' works.[57] Refuting the possibility of the original temple being to the north of
the disputed area, as pleaded by the pro-mosque parties, he described the boundaries of the Janmabhoomi as
mentioned in the Ayodhya Mahatmya section of Skanda Purana, which tallied with the present location of the
disputed area, as noted by Justice Sudhir Agarwal.[57] However, he stated that he had no knowledge of whether
there was a Ram Chabootra ("Platform of Rama") outside the area that was locked from 1950 to 1985 and where
the Chati Poojan Sthal was, nor whether the idols of Rama, his brother Lakshmana, and Sita were installed at
Ram Chabootra outside the Janmabhoomi temple.[55]

Multilingualism

Rambhadracharya is a scholar of 14 languages and can speak 22 languages in total,[16][17][22] including Sanskrit,
Hindi, English, French, Bhojpuri, Maithili, Oriya, Gujarati, Punjabi, Marathi, Magadhi, Awadhi, and Braj.[14] He
has composed poems and literary works in many Indian languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, and Awadhi.[5][14]
He has translated many of his works of poetry and prose into other languages. He delivers Katha programmes in
various languages, including Hindi, Bhojpuri, and Gujarati.[60]

Institutes for the disabled

On 23 August 1996 Rambhadracharya established the Tulsi School for the

Blind in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh.[10][13] He founded the Jagadguru
Rambhadracharya Handicapped University, an institution of higher learning
solely for disabled students, on 27 September 2001 in Chitrakoot.[13][14] This
is the first university in the world exclusively for the disabled.[61][62] The
university was created by an ordinance of the Uttar Pradesh Government,
which was later passed as Uttar Pradesh State Act 32 (2001) by the Uttar
Pradesh legislature.[63][64] The act appointed Swami Rambhadracharya as
the lifelong chancellor of the university. The university offers graduate, post- Rambhadracharya with mobility-
graduate, and doctorate degrees in various subjects, including Sanskrit, impaired students in front of the
Hindi, English, Sociology, Psychology, Music, Drawing and Painting, Fine main building of Jagadguru
Arts, Special Education, Education, History, Culture and Archeology, Rambhadracharya Handicapped
Computer and Information Sciences, Vocational Education, Law, Economics, University on 2 January 2005
and Prosthetics and Orthotics.[64] The university plans to start offering
courses in Ayurveda and Medical Sciences from 2013.[65] Admissions are
restricted to the four types of disabled students—visually impaired, hearing impaired, mobility impaired, and
mentally impaired—as defined by the Disability Act (1995) of the Government of India. According to the
Government of Uttar Pradesh, the university is among the chief educational institutes for Information
Technology and Electronics in the state.[66]

Rambhadracharya also founded an organisation called Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Viklang Seva Sangh,
headquartered in Satna, Madhya Pradesh. Its goal is to create community awareness and initiate child
development programmes in rural India. Its primary objective is to supplement the education programmes of

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Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University by helping disabled children get a good education. Aid is
generally given in the form of facilities which enable easier access to education.[67] Rambhadracharya also runs a
hundred-bed hospital in Gujarat.[13]

Critical edition of Ramcharitmanas

The Ramcharitmanas was composed by Tulsidas in the late sixteenth century. It has been extremely popular in
northern India over the last four hundred years, and is often referred to as the "Bible of northern India" by
Western Indologists.[68] Rambhadracharya produced a critical edition of the Ramcharitmanas,[69] which was
published as the Tulsi Peeth edition. Apart from the original text, for which Rambhadracharya has relied
extensively on older manuscripts,[69] there were differences in spelling, grammar, and prosodic conventions
between the Tulsi Peeth edition and contemporary editions of the Ramcharitmanas.[70][71]

In November 2009, Rambhadracharya was accused of tampering with the epic,[69][72] but the dispute died down
after Rambhadracharya expressed his regret for any annoyance or pain caused by the publication.[73] A writ
petition was also filed against him but it was dismissed.[18] This edition was published in 2005 by Shri Tulsi
Peeth Seva Nyas.[21][74]

Assassination threats

In November 2007 someone claiming to be an al-Qaeda member sent Rambhadracharya a letter telling him and
his disciples either to accept Islam or to be prepared to die.[75] Police superintendent Kamal Singh Rathore said
that this letter had been sent from Haridwar, that Rambhadracharya's security arrangements had been increased
and that an intensive investigation of the letter had been carried out.[75] Gita Devi, secretary of JRHU, said that
Rambhadracharya had been threatened by al-Qaeda, as Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas president Nrityagopal had been
in the past.[75]

In November 2014, Rambhadracharya received another assassination threat with a demand of "terror tax" over
JRHU operations.[76]

Participation in 84-kosi yatra

On 25 August 2013, Rambhadracharya arrived at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport in Lucknow along with
VHP leader Ashok Singhal.[27][77] He was going to Ayodhya to take part in the 84-kosi yatra, a 12-day religious
yatra which was banned by the state government citing law and order reasons. It is alleged that the ban was due
to opposition from Muslim organisations or vote-bank politics.[27][78][79] Rambhadracharya's participation in the
yatra was kept secret.[80] Rambhadracharya was put under house arrest at the home of R C Mishra, his disciple
and friend.[81][82]

On 26 August 2013, a local lawyer Ranjana Agnihotri filed a habeas corpus petition in the Allahabad High Court's
Lucknow bench, on which judges Imtiyaz Murtaza and D K Upadhayaya passed the release order for
Rambhadracharya, along with Singhal and Praveen Togadia.[27] The petitioner's advocate H S Jain said that even
though Rambhadracharya and other leaders were arrested under the section 151 of the 1973 Criminal Procedure
Code, which permits an arrest to prevent commission of cognisable offences, the custody period cannot exceed 24
hours unless any other section of the code or any other law is applicable.[27] After his release, Rambhadracharya
said that the government had creating misconceptions about the yatra.[83]

Two days after the incident, Rambhadracharya was given Y-category security cover by the Uttar Pradesh
government since he had reported security threats.[77] Hindustan Times reported that this grant could be a
possible attempt to "build bridges with the sadhus after the Sunday showdown."[77] Government officials said
that a high-powered committee will decide on the continuation of the security cover.[77] JRHU vice-chancellor B
Pandey said that Rambhadracharya met Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow and invited

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him to be the chief guest in a University function, and Yadav accepted the invitation.[77] However, Yadav did not
attend the function due to difficult circumstances, but sent the Energy Minister of State Vijay Mishra and
Secondary Education Minister of State Vijay Bahadur Pal.[84] Rambhadracharya was disappointed that Yadav
could not "come for even 15 minutes for disabled children," and said that he will have atone for this.[84]

Works
Rambhadracharya has authored more than 100 books and 50 papers,
including published books and unpublished manuscripts.[11][18][19] Various
audio and video recordings have also been released. His major literary and
musical compositions are listed below.[21][74]

Poetry and plays

(1980) Kākā Vidura (काका िवदु र) – Hindi minor poem. Śrībhārgavarāghaviyam being
released by Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1982) Mā̐ Śabarī ( ̐ शबरी) – Hindi minor poem.
(centre) in 2002. Rambhadracharya
(1991) Rāghavagītaguñjana (राघवगीतगु न) – Hindi lyrical poem. is to the left.
(1993) Bhaktigītasudhā (भ गीतसुधा) – Hindi lyrical poem.
(1994) Arundhatī (अ ती) – Hindi epic poem.
(1996) Ājādacandraśekharacaritam (आजादच शेखरच रतम्) – Sanskrit minor poem.[85]:14
(1996) Āryāśatakam (आयाशतकम्) – Sanskrit hymn of praise.[85]:18
(1996) Gaṇapatiśatakam (गणपितशतकम्) – Sanskrit hymn of praise.[85]:46
(1996) Caṇḍīśatakam (च ीशतकम्) – Sanskrit hymn of praise.[85]:54
(1996) Jānakīkṛpākaṭākṣam (जानकीकृपाकटा म्) – Sanskrit hymn of praise.[85]:65
(1996) Mukundasmaraṇam (मुकु रणम्) – Sanskrit hymn of praise.[85]:129
(1996) Śrīrāghavābhyudayam ( ीराघवा ुदयम्) – Single-act Sanskrit play-poem.[85]:136,180
(1996) Śrīrāghavendraśatakam ( ीराघवे शतकम्) – Sanskrit hymn of praise.[85]:137
(1997) Aṣṭādhyāyyāḥ Pratisūtraṃ Śābdabodhasamīkṣaṇam (अ ा ा ाः ितसू ं शा बोधसमी णम्) – Sanskrit
commentary in verse on the Sutras of the Ashtadhyayi.
(1997) Śrīrāmabhaktisarvasvam ( ीरामभ सव म्) – Sanskrit poem of one hundred verses.
(1998) Śrīgaṅgāmahimnastotram ( ीग ामिह ो म्) – Sanskrit hymn of praise.[85]:172
(2001) Sarayūlaharī (सरयूलहरी) – Sanskrit minor poem.[85]:185
(2001) Laghuraghuvaram (लघुरघुवरम्) – Sanskrit minor poem.[85]:144
(2001) Namo Rāghavāya (नमो राघवाय) – Sanskrit hymn of praise.[85]:78
(2001) Śrīnarmadāṣṭakam ( ीनमदा कम्) – Sanskrit hymn of praise on the river Narmada.[85]:78
(2001) Bhaktisārasarvasvam (भ सारसव म्) – Sanskrit hymn of praise.[85]:109
(2001) Ślokamauktikam ( ोकमौ कम्) – Sanskrit hymn of praise.[85]:170
(2001) Śrīrāghavacaraṇacihnaśatakam ( ीराघवचरणिच शतकम्) – Sanskrit hymn of praise.[85]:139
(2001) Śrījānakīcaraṇacihnaśatakam ( ीजानकीचरणिच शतकम्) – Sanskrit hymn of praise.[85]:174
(2001) Śrīrāmavallabhāstotram ( ीरामव भा ो म्) – Sanskrit hymn of praise.[85]:181
(2010) Sarvarogaharāṣṭakam (सवरोगहरा कम्) – Sanskrit hymn of praise.[85]:200
(2001) Śrīcitrakūṭavihāryaṣṭakam ( ीिच कूटिवहाय कम्) – Sanskrit hymn of praise.[85]:173
(2001) Śrījānakīkṛpākaṭākṣastotram ( ीजानकीकृपाकटा ो म्) – Sanskrit hymn of praise.[85]:174
(2002) Śrībhārgavarāghavīyam ( ीभागवराघवीयम्) – Sanskrit epic poem. The poet was awarded the 2004
Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit for the epic.[85]:177[86][87]
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(2002) Śrīrāghavabhāvadarśanam ( ीराघवभावदशनम्) – Sanskrit minor poem.[85]:180

(2003) Kubjāpatram (कु ाप म्) – Sanskrit letter poem.
(2004) Bhṛṅgadūtam (भृ दू तम्) – Sanskrit minor poem of the Dūtakāvya (messenger-poem) category.[85]:118
(2007) Manmathāriśatakam (म था रशतकम्) – Sanskrit hymn of praise.[85]:123
(2008) Caraṇapīḍāharāṣṭakam (चरणपीडाहरा कम्) – Sanskrit hymn of praise.[85]:62
(2008) Śrīsītārāmakelikaumudī ( ीसीतारामकेिलकौमुदी) – Hindi Rītikāvya (procedural-era Hindi poem).[88]
(2009) Śrīsītārāmasuprabhātam ( ीसीतारामसु भातम्) – A Sanskrit suprabhatam.[89]
(2010) Aṣṭāvakra (अ ाव ) – Hindi epic poem.[90][91]
(2011) Gītarāmāyaṇam (गीतरामायणम्) – Sanskrit lyrical epic poem.[85]:49[92]
(2011) Avadha Kai Ajoriyā (अवध कै अजो रया) – Awadhi lyrical poem.[93]
(2011) Śrīsītāsudhānidhiḥ ( ीसीतासुधािनिधः ) – Sanskrit minor poem of the Stotraprabandhakāvya category.[94]

Prose

Sanskrit commentaries on Prasthanatrayi

Rambhadracharya composed Sanskrit commentaries titled

Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam on the Prasthanatrayi scriptures – the Brahma
Sutra,[85]:107 the Bhagavad Gita,[85]:178 and eleven
Upanishads. [85]:21,27,43,59,67,100,128,129,140,158,170 These commentaries were
released on 10 April 1998 by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, then Prime Minister of
India.[21][95] Rambhadracharya composed Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam on
Narada Bhakti Sutra in 1991.[85]:82 He thus revived the tradition of writing
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.[96][97]
Covers of some books edited or
Rambhadracharya's commentary in Sanskrit on the Prasthanatrayi was the
authored by Rambhadracharya.
first written in almost 500 years.[96]

Other prose works

(1980) Bharata Mahimā (भरत मिहमा) – Hindi discourse.

(1981) Adhyātmarāmāyaṇe Apāṇinīyaprayogānāṃ Vimarśaḥ
(अ ा रामायणे अपािणनीय योगानां िवमशः ) – Sanskrit dissertation (PhD
thesis).
(1982) Mānasa Me̐ Tāpasa Prasaṅga (मानस म तापस संग) – Hindi
deliberation.
(1983) Mahavīrī (महावीरी) – Hindi commentary on Hanuman Chalisa.
Rambhadracharya delivering a
(1985) Sugrīva Kā Agha Aura Vibhīṣaṇa Kī Karatūti (सु ीव का अघ और
discourse. He has delivered many
िवभीषण की करतूित) – Hindi discourse. discourses, some of which have
(1985) Śrīgītātātparya ( ीगीताता य) – Hindi commentary on the been published as books.
Bhagavad Gita.
(1988) Sanātanadharma Kī Vigrahasvarūpa Gomātā (सनातनधम की
िव ह प गोमाता) – Hindi deliberation.
(1988) Śrītulasīsāhitya me̐ Kṛṣṇa Kathā ( ीतुलसीसािह म कृ कथा) – Hindi investigative research.
(1989) Mānasa me̐ Sumitrā (मानस म सुिम ा) – Hindi discourse.
(1990) Sīta Nirvāsana Nahī̐ (सीता िनवासन नहीं) – Hindi critique.
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(1991) Śrīnāradabhaktisūtreṣu Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam ( ीनारदभ सू ेषु ीराघवकृपाभा म्) – Sanskrit

commentary on the Narada Bhakti Sutra.
(1992) Prabhu Kari Kṛpā Pā̐varī Dīnhī ( भु क र कृपा पाँ वरी दी ी) – Hindi discourse.
(1993) Parama Baḍabhāgī Jaṭāyu (परम बड़भागी जटायु) – Hindi discourse.
(2001) Śrīrāmastavarājastotre Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam ( ीराम वराज ो े ीराघवकृपाभा म्) – Sanskrit
commentary on the Rāmastavarājastotra.
(2001) Śrī Sītārāma Vivāha Darśana ( ी सीताराम िववाह दशन) – Hindi discourse.
(2004) Tuma Pāvaka Ma̐ha Karahu Nivāsā (तुम पावक मँह कर िनवासा) – Hindi discourse.
(2005) Bhāvārthabodhinī (भावाथबोिधनी) – Hindi commentary on the Ramcharitmanas.
(2007) Śrīrāsapañcādhyāyīvimarśaḥ ( ीरासप ा ायीिवमशः ) – Hindi deliberation on Rāsapañcādhyāyī.
(2006) Ahalyoddhāra (अह ो ार) – Hindi discourse.
(2008) Hara Te Bhe Hanumāna (हर ते भे हनुमान) – Hindi discourse.
(2009) Satya Rāmapremī Śrīdaśaratha (स राम ेमी ीदशरथ) – Hindi discourse on the character of
Dasharatha.
(2011) Veṇugīta (वेणुगीत) – Hindi discourse on chapter 21 from Book 10 of Śrīmadbhāgavatam.

Audio and video

(2001) Bhajana Sarayū (भजन सरयू) – Audio CD with eight bhajans (devotional hymns) in Hindi devoted to
Rama. Composed, set to music, and sung by Rambhadracharya. Released by Yuki Cassettes, Delhi.[98]
(2001) Bhajana Yamunā (भजन यमुना) – Audio CD with seven bhajans in Hindi devoted to Krishna. Composed,
set to music, and sung by Rambhadracharya. Released by Yuki Cassettes, Delhi.[99]
(2009) Śrī Hanumat Bhakti ( ी हनुमत् भ ) – Audio CD with six bhajans in Hindi devoted to Hanuman, and
composed by Tulsidas. Set to music and sung by Rambhadracharya. Released by Kuber Music, New
Delhi.[100]
(2009) Śrīsītārāmasuprabhātam ( ीसीतारामसु भातम्) – Audio CD of Śrīsītārāmasuprabhātam, a Sanskrit
Suprabhata poem. Composed, set to music, and sung in the Vairagi Raga by Rambhadracharya. Released
by Yuki Cassettes, Delhi.[101]
(2009) Sundara Kāṇḍa (सु र का ) – DVD with a musical rendition of and commentary on the Sundar Kand
of Ramcharitmanas. Spoken, set to music, and sung by Rambhadracharya. Released by Yuki Cassettes,
Delhi.[102]

Literary style

Rewa Prasad Dwivedi writes in his Sanskrit poem dedicated to Rambhadracharya that he is an encyclopaedia of
learning whose literature is like numerous Narmadā rivers flowing out simultaneously, and in whose literary
works Shiva and Parvati delight while performing Tandava and Lasya.[103]

Devarshi Kala Nath Shastry writes in his review of Rambhadracharya's works that Rambhadracharya is an
accomplished and eloquent poet who is the foremost among scholars and is also well-versed in all scriptures, and
who even talks in extemporaneously composed poetry with Sanskrit scholars, usually in Upajāti metre.
Rambhadracharya uses with great effect the Daṇḍaka style with Sanskrit adjectives in his speeches. Shastry
recounts a use of a long sentence in the Daṇḍaka style at a speech in Jaipur in July 2003 by Rambhadracharya, in
which one sentence with multiple adjectives lasted around seven minutes and was "replete with poetic beauty".
Shastry writes that among Sanskrit poets, only Śrīharṣa (poet of Naiṣadhīyacaritam) has been described as
having such wonderful command over Sanskrit as Rambhadracharya has.[104]

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Shastry critiqued the work Śrībhārgavarāghavīyam in the January 2003 issue of the Sanskrit monthly Bhāratī.
Shastry writes that the work has poetic excellence, variety of meters and dexterity of language which has not been
seen hitherto in Sanskrit epics. Shastry finds the twentieth canto of the epic to be an excellent illustration of
Sanskrit poetry in Prakrit verses, a style which was pioneered by Shastry's father.[104]

Dr. Brajesh Dikshit, Sanskrit scholar from Jabalpur, says that Śrībhārgavarāghavīyam combines the styles of
three previous Sanskrit epics – it has two leading characters like in Bhāravi's Kirātārjunīyam, the poetic
excellence and variety of prosodic metres is like in Śrīharṣa's Naiṣadhīyacaritam, while the length and extent of
the work is like the Śiśupālavadham of Māgha.[105]

Shastry also critiqued the work Bhṛṅgadūtam, about which he says that it has many new usages (Prayogas) not
seen earlier in Sanskrit poetry. As per Shastry, new dimensions in Sanskrit literature are seen in the play
Śrīrāghavābhyudayam where there are songs in the Gīti style, and Gītarāmāyaṇam which is an epic poem in the
Gīti style of Gītagovindam by Jayadeva.[104] Dikshit writes that Kubjāpatram is a revival of the letter-poem
(Patrakāvya) genre in Sanskrit after 2000 years, and is the first work in Sanskrit literature whose lead character
is disabled.[105]

Shastry says that rhyme (Antyānuprāsa) is a distinguishing feature of Rambhadracharya's Sanskrit poetry.
Shastry notes that another feature of Rambhadracharya's works is the devotion to motherland and patriotism,
which is most evident in the poetic work Ājādacandraśekharacaritam on the life of Chandrashekhar Azad.
Shastry says that this strong feeling of love towards motherland is reminiscent of old Sanskrit literature including
Prithvi Sukta of Atharva Veda, various Puranas including Bhagavata Purana, and also in the Sanskrit works of
Swami Bhagavadacharya, a former Jagadguru Ramanandacharya.[104] Dikshit says that the nationalistic play
Śrīrāghavābhyudayam establishes Rambhadracharya as a successful playwright at a young age. Dikshit praises
the aesthetics of the work Śrīsītārāmakelikaumudī saying that it represents all the six Sampradāyas of Indian
literature (Rīti, Rasa, Alaṅkāra, Dhvani, Vakrokti and Aucitya), and that it is a unique work of
Rambhadracharya when it comes to figures of speech. Dikshit says that this work places Rambhadracharya in the
league of Ritikavya poets like Raskhan, Keshavdas, Ghananand and Padmakar; but observes the distinction that
while the works of all these poets are primarily in the Śṛngāra Rasa, Śrīsītārāmakelikaumudī is a work which has
Vātsalya Rasa as the primary emotion, which is augmented by Śṛngāra Rasa.[105]

Dinkar notes that in the poems of Rambhadracharya, the three poetical styles of Pāñcālī (secondary figurative
sense with short and sweet-sounding compounds), Vaidarbhī (with compounds and soft contexts and without
many figures of speech) and Lāṭī (with precise contexts and without many figures of speech) are dominant.[106]

Recognition, awards and honours

Recognition
Recognition in India

Rambhadracharya is widely popular in Chitrakoot.[69] Atal Bihari Vajpayee considered Rambhadracharya to be

an "immensely learned person well versed in Vedic and Puranic literature besides the grammar", and
commended his intelligence and memory.[107] Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi said of Rambhadracharya that the
"intense knowledge of the most revered is indeed adorable".[108] Nanaji Deshmukh called Rambhadracharya "an
astonishing gem of the country".[109] Swami Kalyandev considered Rambhadracharya to be "an unprecedented
intellectual and speaker, and an Acharya with great devotion".[110] Somnath Chatterjee called him a "celebrated
Sanskrit scholar and educationist of great merit and achievement".[5] He is considered one of the greatest
scholars on Tulsidas and Ramcharitmanas in India, and is cited as such.[23][111][112] Ram Prakash Gupta and
Keshari Nath Tripathi have stated that Rambhadracharya has enriched society with his contributions and will
continue to do so.[113] Swami Ramdev considers Rambhadracharya to be the most learned person in the world at
present.[114] Rambhadracharya was a member of a delegation of saints and Dharmacharyas which met the then
president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and the then union Home Minister Shivraj Patil in July 2005 to hand over a
memorandum urging to strengthen the security arrangements for important religious places in the country.[115]
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Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra said that Rambhadracharya is of a high-mind, has a

stupendous grip on the Indian literature, and "his soul feels the true pleasure
in serving oppressed disabled people".[116] Mata Prasad Pandey, the Speaker
of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, said that Rambhadracharya has
opened a door of development for the disabled in India, and that he has
achieved what eminent industrialists and the government cannot do.[117][118]
Energy Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Uttar Pradesh Vijay
Mishra termed Rambhadracharya as "most revered", whereas Uttar
Pradesh's Secondary Education Minister of State Vijay Bahadur Pal called
him the "chancellor of the utterly unique handicapped university."[119] Rambhadracharya (left) being
Rambhadracharya is also a member of the 51-members Akhil Bharatiya Sant presented the Vani Alankarana
Puraskara by Somnath Chatterjee
Ucchadhikar Samiti (Empowered Committee of the All India Saints).[120] In
(right) in 2006
November 2014, Rambhadracharya was one of the nine people nominated by
the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Clean India Campaign.[121]
In September 2014, Rambhadracharya adopted five villages of
Chitrakoot, with an aim to construct toilets in all the households.[122]
Rambhadracharya was one of the guests in the inaugural International
Yoga Day event in New Delhi.[123]

International recognition

In 1992 Rambhadracharya led the Indian delegation at the Ninth World

Conference on Ramayana, held in Indonesia.[13][124] He has travelled to
Rambhadracharya's katha on
several countries, including England, Mauritius, Singapore, and the Ramcharitmanas in June 2011 at Shree
United States to deliver discourses on Hindu religion and peace.[13][125] Lakshmi Narayan Temple, Singapore.
He has been profiled in the International Who's Who of
Intellectuals.[126] He was also one of the key figures of the Dharma
Prachar Yatra at Detroit.[127]

Address at Millennium World Peace Summit

Rambhadracharya was one of the spiritual and religious Gurus from India at the Millennium World Peace
Summit, organised by the United Nations in New York City from 28 to 31 August 2000. While addressing the
gathering, he gave Sanskrit definitions for the words Bharata (the ancient name of India) and Hindu, and
touched upon the Nirguna and Saguna aspects of God. In his speech on Peace, he called for developed and
developing nations to come together to strive for the eradication of poverty, the fight against terrorism, and
nuclear disarmament. At the end of his speech, he recited the Shanti Mantra.[125][128]

Awards and honours

In 2015, Rambhadracharya was awarded Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour.[129]
Rambhadracharya has been honoured by several leaders and politicians, including A. P. J. Abdul Kalam,
Somnath Chatterjee, Shilendra Kumar Singh, and Indira Gandhi.[5][11][130] Several state governments, including
that of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh have conferred honours on him.[16][131][132]

See also
Timeline of Rambhadracharya
List of Hindu gurus and saints
List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Sanskrit

Notes

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α. Sanskrit: जगद् गु रामान ाचाय ािमरामभ ाचायः , Sanskrit pronunciation: [dʑɐɡɐdɡʊɽʊ ɽaːmaːnɐndaːtɕaːɽjɐ sʋaːmɪ
ɽaːmɐbʱɐdɽaːtɕaːɽjɐh] ( listen); Hindi: जगद् गु रामान ाचाय ामी रामभ ाचाय, Hindi pronunciation: [dʒəɡədɡuru
raːmaːnəndaːtʃaːrjə sʋaːmiː raːmbʱədraːtʃaːrjə] ( listen); IAST: Jagadguru Rāmānandācārya Svāmī
Rāmabhadrācārya.
β. Sanskrit: िग रधरिम ः , Sanskrit pronunciation: [ɡɪɽɪdʱɐɽɐ mɪɕɽɐh] ( listen); Hindi: िग रधर िम , Hindi
pronunciation: [ɡiridʱər miʃrə] ( listen); IAST: Giridhara Miśra.
γ. Leaders of the Ramananda monastic order.
δ. Ashukavi.
ε. Two each in Sanskrit and Hindi.

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Awards
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2005
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